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Cardan J. De propria vita liber [The book of my life]. Stoner J , trans. New York: Dutton, 1939: 5

Ibid.: 206–7

Ibid.: 141

Ibid.: 119

Ibid.: 14, 192

Wykes A. Doctor Cardano, Physician Extraordinary. London: Frederick Muller, 1969: 52

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 15

Wykes A (op. cit. ref. 6): 64

Siraisi NG . The Clock and the Mirror. Girolamo Cardano and Renaissance Medicine. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997: 270 (n23) (The title of this work relates to a quote from Cardano: “The studious man should always have at hand a clock and a mirror; a clock since in such a confusion and mass of things it is necessary for him to keep track of time, especially if he is a professor, teaches or writes” and a mirror to observe the changing condition of his body — p. 3)

Gliozzi M. Cardano, Girolamo. In: Gillispie CC , Ed. Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1971: vol. 3, pp. 64–7

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 62

Ibid.: 175–7

Ibid.: 18

Wykes A (op. cit. ref. 6): 74–8

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 62

Gliozzi M (op. cit. ref. 10) presents Cardan's solution in modern dress: to the equation 6x ³ – 4x ² = 34x + 24 he added 6x ³ + 20x ² to each side, becoming after rearrangement 4x ² (3x + 4) = (2x ² + 4x + 6) (3x + 4); dividing by the common 3x + 4, and solving the second-degree equation, gives x = 3

Jayawardene SA . Ferrari, Ludovico. In: Gillispie CC , Ed. Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1971: vol. 4, pp. 586–8

Masotti A. Tartaglia Nicolo Fontana (also Tartalea or Tartaia). In: Gillispie CC , Ed. Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1971: vol. 13, pp. 258–62

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 286

Ibid.: 212–13

Ibid.: 54, 73

Wykes A (op. cit. ref. 6): 37

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 307, n1

Browne T. The Religio Medici and Other Writings. London: JM Dent, 1906 (reprinted 1956): 149–65, p. 158

Morton R. Phthisiologia or a Treatise of Consumption. London: Smith and Walford, 1694: 276

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 177–86

Siraisi NG (op. cit. ref. 9): 33

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 97

Wykes A (op. cit. ref. 6): 125–35

Major RH . A note on the history of asthma. In: Underwood EA , Ed. Science, Medicine and History. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1953: vol. 2, pp. 519–20

Wykes A (op. cit. ref. 6): 138

Ibid.: 143

Siraisi NG (op. cit. ref. 9): 232, n8

Gliozzi M (op. cit. ref. 10): 66

Wykes A (op. cit. ref. 6): 108

Gliozzii M (op. cit. ref. 10): 66

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 226

Wykes A (op. cit. ref. 6): 147–67

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 92–5

Wykes A (op. cit. ref. 6): 171

Ibid.: 172

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 135–7

Siraisi NG (op. cit. ref. 9): 243, n75

Ibid.: 38

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 44

Ibid.: 199

Siraisi NG (op. cit. ref. 9): 38, 100, 123

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 169

Spencer HR . William Harvey, obstetric physician and gynaecologist. BMJ 1921; ii: 621–6 (p. 623)

Wykes A (op. cit. ref. 6): 174

Siraisi NG (op. cit. ref. 9): 225–9

Ibid.: 317, n1

Ibid.: 17

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 171–2

Siraisi NG (op. cit. ref. 9): 17

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 172

Ibid.: 229

Ibid.: 51

Garrison FH . An Introduction to the History of Medicine. 2nd edn. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1917: 195

Schelenz H. Arch f Gesch d Naturwissensch 1910–12; 3: 237 (cited by Garrison FH, op. cit. ref. 59: 195)

Wykes A (op. cit. ref. 6): 109

Ibid.: 109

Morley H. The Life of Girolamo Cardano of Milan, Physician. London: Chapman and Hall, 1854: vol. 1, p. 128, vol. 2, p. 280

Baas JH . Outlines of the History of Medicine. Henderson HE , trans. Huntington, NY: Robert E Krieger, 1971: 363

Cardan J (op. cit. ref. 1): 32, 35

Browne T (op. cit. ref. 24): 134