Eamon W
New Mexico State University.
Early Sci Med. 2000 May;5(2):196-213. doi: 10.1163/157338200x00182.
This article examines the alchemical ideas and practices of the sixteenth-century Italian surgeon Leonardo Fioravanti. I argue that Fioravanti's "search for the philosopher's stone" was as much an effort at self-fashioning as a search for alchemical gold. Exploiting the fashion for alchemical drugs, he framed a "new theory" of healing that relied on the use of distilled drugs as a means of purging bodily corruptions. His theory resonated with popular culture, and made him the focus of an alternative medical movement. I conclude that Fioravanti's alchemy was not Paracelsianism, but relied much more on more immediate sources such as Arnald of Villanova, the pseudo-Lull, and the contemporary Milanese alchemist Ettore Ausonio.
本文探讨了16世纪意大利外科医生莱昂纳多·菲奥拉万蒂的炼金术思想与实践。我认为，菲奥拉万蒂“对哲人之石的探寻”既是一种自我塑造的努力，也是对炼金黄金的追寻。他利用炼金术药物的流行趋势，构建了一种“新的”治疗理论，该理论依赖于使用蒸馏药物来清除身体的腐败物质。他的理论与大众文化产生了共鸣，使他成为一场替代医学运动的焦点。我的结论是，菲奥拉万蒂的炼金术并非帕拉塞尔苏斯主义，而是更多地依赖于更直接的来源，如维拉诺瓦的阿尔纳尔德、伪卢尔以及当代米兰炼金术士埃托雷·奥索尼奥。
