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Accoramboni was physician to Popes Leo X, Clement VII and Paul III. His treatise recommends the use of milk against chronic diseases.
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ACCORAMBONI, Girolamo [Hieronymus ACOROMBONUS] (1469-1537). Tractatus de Lacte, nunc primum impressus, Venice: Andrea Arrivabene, 1536, small 8°, FIRST EDITION, collation: A-M4, M4 blank, 48ll. (title lightly stained, quire E browned, occasional light spotting), modern drab boards, lower margins uncut. [BL STC of Books printed in Italy 1465 to 1600 p. 4; Durling 26; Wellcome I, 15]