Traces of Campanella in Italian medicine of the 17th century

In a close dialogue with Germana Ernst's works, this note is meant as a presentation of the traces left by Tommaso Campanella's philosophy and medicine in 17th century Italian medicine. Examining authors who have remembered or quoted works by Campanella - Marco Aurelio Severino, Thomas Bartholin, Leonardo Di Capua, Giacomo Sandri - enables a better assessment of the role played by Renaissance theories of natural magic in medicine and healing; it also allows an indirect appreciation of Campanella's Medicinalium libri. Campanella's work seems to have found more of an audience among practitioners, such as surgeons and anatomists, than among academic physicians.