"Argenterio, a native of Piedmont, practised (though not successfully) in Lyons and Antwerp before returning to Italy where he taught at several universities. His fame as a teacher was great although (and perhaps because) he ventured to attack Galen and was almost Paracelsian in his attitudes. The present work, first published in 1550 under the title Varia opera de re medica, is a quasi-clinical, quasi-philosophical discussion of the nature of various illnesses, general diagnostic methods, and especially the causes of diseases" [Heirs of Hippocrates]