INDEX.
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Longevity of Cardan’s family, i. 7
Luca, Fra. See Paccioli
Lucia, Cardan’s wife. See Bandarini
Lucillo, ii. 258
Lutetia, ii. 82,107
Luther, i. 292
Lyons, Cardan in, ii. 90—95M.
Maddalena, Ferrari’s sister, i. 268Madio, Lodovico, i. 131Madness of Cardan questionable, i34, 35; reputed, i. 153; after son’sdeath, ii. 239, 294, 313Magnienus, ii. 104
S '' pie, chattering of a, i. 148omet ben Musa, i. 274Malo Recentiorum Medicorum MedendiUsu, Cardan de, i. 139—147Mantua, Cardinal of, i. 267. 268
-Duke of, his offer to Cardan, ii. 154
Manuscripts, Cardan’s, burning of his,i. 159; ii. 303
-number of left by Cardan, ii. 303
Maphio, of Bergamo , i. 259Margherita, Cardan’s aunt, i. 12,13Marinon Prosper, i. 64; his ghost ap-pears, 299
Marking of linen, ii. 51Marriage of Cardan, i. 83—86, 112; ofhis daughter Clara, ii. 46; of his sonGianbatista, ii. 204—206Mars , influence of the planet, i. 96; ii.
55; studies ruled by, i. 136Marvels, Cardan on, ii. 68Massa, Taddeo, Bishop, ii. 300Mastic, i. 297; ii. 127Matches, flint and steel, u. 266Matelica, the Prince of, ii. 300Mathematics, and matrimony, ii. 102;Cardan’s early study of, i. 138, 139;details connected with, i. 208—276.See Algebra , Tartalea, Great ArtMattresses of silk, ii. 118Matuliano, Evangelista, u.264Mayence, ii. 151
Meals, ii. 120, 196. See also Breakfast,Dinner, SupperMeats, i. 296Mechanics, ii. 68
Medicine, why embraced by Cardan asa profession, i. 47—49; state of thescience, i. 87—90; the practice, i. 39,138. See also Asthma, Hamilton, andPhysicians ; Cardan’s opinion of theprofession at the end of his career,ii 283
Mediuzio,Cristofero, Cardinal, ii. 300Melchior, a physician, ii. 164Men, three kinds of, ii- 66 tMerchants, letters through, n. 74,161Mercury, studies ruled by, l.136Messenger from Scotland , u. 161,162
-from Bologna , ii. 263, 272, 273
Metaposcopy, Cardan on, i. 281; ii. 53—56, 63
Method of Healing, Cardan on the, i.75, 76
Michael, Archbishop Hamilton’s Cham-berlain. ii. 161,162Micheletto, the rider, i. 215Micheria, Chiara (Cardan’s mother). SeeClara
-Giacomo, i.l
-Angiolo, i. 7
Milan , Cardan in, i. 11—44, 45, 47, 78,113—115,123,124—300, 302; ii. 73—90,153-199, 269—273Militia, i. 107—110Mirrors, magic, ii. 63Misanthropy, Cardan’s, i. 62—64Misprints in Cardan’s books, i. 1, n., 145,153, 187,190
-Scaliger ’s book against Cardan free
from, ii. 175Moirago, i. 10,11
Morone, Cardinal, ii. 3,4,5,201,280,291,299
Mothers, the care of, ii. 42,43Mott, Martha, i. 167Mountains, origin of, ii. 62Mules, ii. 132,270
Mundinus , his anatomy, i. 57, n.; ii. 245,246
Music, Cardan’s love of, i. 40; taughtby his mother secretly, i. 45; childrenshould be taught, ii. 43; love of, 202,295; Cardan’s Treatise on, ii. 19, 53
N.
Nsenia, ii. 240, 241, 313, 314
Nails, spots on the, i. 97
Names, the giving of to children, ii. 36
Nativities. See Horoscope
Nature, Cardan on, ii. 287
Naudams, ii. 177
Nero, Cardan’s encomium of, i. 303Netherlands , Cardan in the, ii. 124—126Noah’s Ark, Cardan on the size of, ii. 157Nobles, French, reception of Cardan bythe, ii. 108,123
-by the Scottish, ii. 123
Northumberland, Duke of, Cardan’sopinion of the, ii. 140,141Novara, ii. 145Nunez, i. 269
Nuremberg , i. 184. See PetreiusNurses, i. 7, 8,10,11; ii. 66
O.
Oath, Cardan’s to Tartalea, i. 249, 256,258, 269—272; ii. 30Obin, ii. 152Oil and the stars, i. 298Ointment, an, ii. 116Omens. See PortentsOpisthotonos, i. 165Optics, i. 4; ii. 64
Oration, Scaliger ’s, on the supposeddeath of Cardan, ii. 179—184Orontius, ii. 95, 96Orpiment, ii. 223, 225Osiauder, Andreas, i. 184—187, 273