title: Medicine and the Renaissance world of learning.
abstract: This article considers aspects of the relation of medicine with other learned disciplines during the sixteenth century and presents some examples of the contribution of medical authors of that period to such diverse fields as natural philosophy, physiognomy, alchemy, travel writing, the art of memory, and the study of antiquities.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Center, City University of New York, Brooklyn 11215, USA. nsiraisi@verizon.net
authors.forename: Nancy G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Siraisi
mesh_terms: D000422:Alchemy; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D005060:Europe; D049669:History, 16th Century; D006801:Humans; D019021:Natural History / Q000266:history; D010826:Physiognomy