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1546 in science
The year
1546 in
science
and
technology
included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Botany
Hieronymus Bock
publishes the second, illustrated, edition of his
flora
of
Germany
, the
Kreutterbuch
.
Medicine
Antonio Musa Brassavola
of
Ferrara
publishes the first definitely recorded successful
tracheostomy
.
Valerius Cordus
'
pharmacopoeia
Dispensatorium
published posthumously in
Nuremberg
.
Girolamo Fracastoro
, in his
De Contagione et Contagiosis Morbis
(published in
Venice
), discusses the transmission of
infectious disease
s and gives the first description of
typhus
.
Giovanni Filippo Ingrassia
describes the
stapes
bone of the
middle ear
.
Births
December 14 âÂÂ
Tycho Brahe
,
Danish
astronomer
(died
1601
).
date unknown
Thomas Digges
,
English
astronomer (died
1595
)
Heo Jun
,
Korea
n
physician
(died
1615
)
Katharina Kepler
, née Guldenmann, German healer and mother of
Johannes Kepler
(died
1622
)
approx. date
âÂÂ
Paul Wittich
,
German
astronomer and
mathematician
(died
1586
)
Deaths
Ruy López de Villalobos
,
Spanish
explorer (born
1500
)
References