Maciej z Miechowa. Astrolog, medyk, a może jatromatematyk?
Maciej of Miechów. Astrologer, medic or perhaps an iatromathematician?

Summary/Abstract: Maciej of Miechów is one of the most eminent representatives of the Kraków scientifi c community of the second half of the 15th century and the fi rst quarter of the 16th century. He was a versatile scholar, a valued teacher, an excellent administrator (he served eight times as the university’s rector) and a widely respected philanthropist. He gained fame and recognition, as well as a considerable fortune, by practising medicine and astrology. On more than one occasion, he provided medical and astrological advice to representatives of the elite and the poor of Krakow. Rather a practitioner, much less a theoretician, his activities focused on the utilitarian function of both astrology and medicine. He valued both fi elds of cognition, practised both, but could he be called an iatromathematician? An analysis of this thread is undertaken in this article.

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