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Giovanni da Vigo
31 de January
Giovanni da Vigo (1450-1525, we have not found complete dates). In 1514, da Vigo published the “Practica in arte chirurgica copiosa”, a complete work on surgery, composed of nine books and written in Latin. The book on the diseases dealt with the French disease (usually equated with current syphilis). Vigo was one of the first to advocate the use of mercury ointment in the treatment of syphilis, although Leoniceno and Cumano considered it ineffective and Juan Almenar considered the ointment as a cause of epilepsy and paralysis. Vigo distinguished between the primary and secondary stages of the disease, anticipating the opinions of Antonio Musa Brassavola de Ferrara.