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Venice and Padua, becoming a doctor like his father. He was re the court for his learned writings, and in 1555, after the publication of his

book, he was called to be the personal physician to the Archduke Maximilian in Prague. His commentary on Dioscorides' works was first printed in 1544 without illustrations. This 1565 edition is the most complete and the one most valued for its comprehensiveness. Mattioli wrote several other botanical and medical works, but this is considered his most

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