Book of Dr. Santorio

The Koper doctor Santòrio Santòrio (1561–1636) was a pioneer of physical measurements in medicine. He invented several medical instruments and made a scale for measuring body temperature. He is famous for his scales, which he used to study the metabolism in connection with body weight and which were drawn in various editions of his book Static Medicine. The museum keeps four editions – the oldest one is from 1690, the English edition is from 1712 and two different editions are from 1725.