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Santorio, Sanctorius

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Santorio Santori (also Santorio or Sanctorius) was a Venetian physician, philosopher, and inventor who introduced the quantitative method to medicine and biology (Fig. 1).

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Santorio Santori, engraved by Iacopo Piccini (1660)

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  1. Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Julius Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Bigotti Fabrizio

  2. Centre for Medical History, College of Humanities, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

    Bigotti Fabrizio

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Fabrizio, B. (2020). Santorio, Sanctorius. In: Jalobeanu, D., Wolfe, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Early Modern Philosophy and the Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20791-9_309-1

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