1517 in science

<h2 id="medicine">Medicine</h2>
<ul><li>A third <a href="/facts/Epidemic/N7fM3HYd">epidemic</a> of <a href="/facts/Sweating_sickness/AQRsSzbI">sweating sickness</a> in England hits <a href="/facts/Oxford/kHvWDTXW">Oxford</a> and <a href="/facts/Cambridge/gNRdbmwK">Cambridge</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Germans/F7mBCrJ4">German</a> <a href="/facts/Surgeon/Hm0R9t6n">surgeon</a> <a href="/facts/Hans_von_Gersdorff_(surgeon)/TSlFwsGz">Hans von Gersdorff</a> publishes his <i>Feldbuch der Wundarzney</i> ("Field book of surgery").</li></ul>
<h2 id="births">Births</h2>
<ul><li>June 29 – <a href="/facts/Rembert_Dodoens/ocKonBrv">Rembert Dodoens</a>, <a href="/facts/Flemish_people/MIyUKkDM">Flemish</a> <a href="/facts/Physician/qJ3woFvG">physician</a> and <a href="/facts/Botanist/PaIRoxnb">botanist</a> (died <a href="/facts/1585_in_science/dBaBPzgN">1585</a>)</li>
<li>October 5 – <a href="/facts/Leonardo_Fioravanti_(doctor)/GBPcqXGn">Leonardo Fioravanti</a>, <a href="/facts/Bologna/glE9rlrW">Bolognese</a> physician (died <a href="/facts/1588_in_science/Cpqb1Sfl">1588</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Pierre_Belon/fkbAz31p">Pierre Belon</a>, French <a href="/facts/Naturalist/pSlAvbTX">naturalist</a> (died <a href="/facts/1564_in_science/lsj4p2P1">1564</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Jacques_Pelletier_du_Mans/BVwmUtUt">Jacques Pelletier du Mans</a>, French <a href="/facts/Mathematician/eaFSR8Fx">mathematician</a> (died <a href="/facts/1582_in_science/9vnkR7A0">1582</a>)</li></ul>
<h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Luca_Pacioli/jaC8rCcG">Luca Pacioli</a>, <a href="/facts/Florence/Mx0uhNma">Florentine</a> mathematician (b. c.1447)</li></ul>

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