Girolamo Fracastoro (Latin: Hieronymus Fracastorius; c. 1476/8 – 6 August 1553) was an Italian physician, poet, and scholar in mathematics, geography...

as well as parasites. Basic forms of germ theory were proposed by Girolamo Fracastoro in 1546, and expanded upon by Marcus von Plenciz in 1762. However...

term "syphilis" was first applied by the Italian physician and poet Girolamo Fracastoro. The causative organism, Treponema pallidum, was first identified...

1451–1483), Italian Renaissance painter Girolamo della Volpaia (c. 1530 Wikipedia talk:, Italian clock maker Girolamo Fracastoro (1478–1553), Italian physician...

the residence (and the place of death) of the Italian physician Girolamo Fracastoro. Affi borders the following municipalities: Bardolino, Cavaion Veronese...

middle of the 1500s, Girolamo Fracastoro, discovered that diamond also showed this effect. Some efforts were made by Fracastoro and others, especially...

harmful bacteria was known to the Chinese of the time." In 1546, Girolamo Fracastoro proposed that epidemic diseases were caused by transferable seedlike...

mentioned microorganisms as a possible causal agent of diseases. Girolamo Fracastoro, in the mid 16th century, was the first one to scientifically state...

The crater commemorates the Italian scholar, astronomer and poet Girolamo Fracastoro, "Fracastorius" (1478‑1553). By convention these features are identified...

(Von den Miasmen und Kontagien, 1840) – thereby following ideas of Girolamo Fracastoro and the work of Agostino Bassi; thus co-founding the theory of microorganisms...