MUSITANO, CARLO. - Priest and physician, b. at Castrovillari on 6 Jan. 1635, d. at Naples in 1714. He studied letters, philosophy and theology at the Studium of the Conventuals of his city, and was ordained a priest in 1658. Having then taken his degree in medicine, he devoted himself to the experimental study of science, with the permission of the Pope, making his scientific results public after 20 years of experiments. His innovative method had wide resonance in Europe, to which the vehement invectives of the Galenists of the Salernitan School contributed not a little. His works, numerous and voluminous, were printed and reprinted in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France and Holland.
The principal ones are: Pyrotechnia sophica rerum naturalium (Naples 1683, Cologne 1700, Venice 1700); De morbis mulierum (Naples 1683, Venice 1700, Cologne 1700; Italian trans. by his nephew Giuseppe M., and German trans., Leipzig 1743); Trutina medica antiquorum et recentiorum (Venice 1688); De morbis infantium et puerorum (Cologne 1688); De lue venerea libri quatuor (Naples 1689, Cologne 1698; Lyon 1698; French trans., Trevoux 1711); De morbo gallico (Naples 1689; Italian trans., ibid. 1697, 1707); Opera medica chimico-practica (Cologne 1700); Pyrotologia seu tractatus de febribus (ibid. 1700, Venice 1701, Amsterdam 1704). M.'s Opera omnia appeared in 2 vols. at Genoa 1716 and at Venice 1738.
Bibliography7 worksG. Gimma, Elogi accademici, I, Naples 1703, pp. 99-110; II, pp. 431-35; A. Zavarroni, Bibliotheca Calabria, ibid. 1753, p. 171; A. Morelli,
BIBL.: G. Gimma, Elogi accademici, I, Naples 1703, pp. 99-110; II, pp. 431-35; A. Zavarroni, Bibliotheca Calabria, ibid. 1753, p. 171; A. Morelli, Una perla sotto la polvere, Castrovillari 1867; L. Accattati, Biografie degli uomini illustri della Calabria, II, Cosenza 1870, pp. 269-73; L. Aliquò-Lenzi, Scrittori calabresi, Messina 1513, pp. 299-300; F. Russo, C. M. Commemorazione, Ravello 1935.
Russo, Francesco. “Musitano, carlo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 1562. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/musitano-carlo.
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Russo, Francesco. “Musitano, carlo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1562. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/musitano-carlo.
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author = {Russo, Francesco},
title = {Musitano, carlo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VIII},
pages = {1562},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/musitano-carlo}
}
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