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Cocchi was a [[vegetarian]] and was influenced by [[Pythagoras]].<ref name="Preece 2008">Preece, Rod. (2008). ''Sins of the Flesh: A History of Ethical Vegetarian Thought''. UBC Press. pp. 174-175. ISBN 978-0-7748-15093</ref> He authored the book ''Del vitto pitagorico per uso della medicina'' in 1743. It was translated by [[Robert Dodsley]] into English as ''The Pythagorean Diet'' in 1745.<ref name="Preece 2008"/><ref>Rousseau, George Sebastian. (1991). ''Enlightenment Borders: Pre- and Post-modern Discourses: Medical, Scientific''. Manchester University Press. p. 301. ISBN 0-7190-3506-6</ref><ref>Gentilcore, David. (2010). ''Pomodoro!: A History of the Tomato in Italy''. Columbia University Press. pp. 39-40. ISBN 978-0-231-15206-8</ref>[[Voltaire]] admired the book.<ref>Albala, Ken. (2002). ''Insensible Perspiration and Oily Vegetable Humor: An Eighteenth-Century Controversy over Vegetarianism''. '' |
Cocchi was a [[vegetarian]] and was influenced by [[Pythagoras]].<ref name="Preece 2008">Preece, Rod. (2008). ''Sins of the Flesh: A History of Ethical Vegetarian Thought''. UBC Press. pp. 174-175. ISBN 978-0-7748-15093</ref> He authored the book ''Del vitto pitagorico per uso della medicina'' in 1743. It was translated by [[Robert Dodsley]] into English as ''The Pythagorean Diet'' in 1745.<ref name="Preece 2008"/><ref>Rousseau, George Sebastian. (1991). ''Enlightenment Borders: Pre- and Post-modern Discourses: Medical, Scientific''. Manchester University Press. p. 301. ISBN 0-7190-3506-6</ref><ref>Gentilcore, David. (2010). ''Pomodoro!: A History of the Tomato in Italy''. Columbia University Press. pp. 39-40. ISBN 978-0-231-15206-8</ref> [[Voltaire]] admired the book.<ref>Albala, Ken. (2002). ''Insensible Perspiration and Oily Vegetable Humor: An Eighteenth-Century Controversy over Vegetarianism''. ''Gastronomica'' 2 (3): 29-36.</ref> |
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Cocchi documented the health benefits of a vegetable diet. He was the first to argue that [[scurvy]] may occur from lack of vegetables in the diet.<ref name="Preece 2008"/> |
Cocchi documented the health benefits of a vegetable diet. He was the first to argue that [[scurvy]] may occur from lack of vegetables in the diet.<ref name="Preece 2008"/> |
Antonio Cocchi
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Born | (1695-08-03)3 August 1695 |
Died | 1 January 1758(1758-01-01) (aged 62) |
Nationality | Italy |
Occupation(s) | Physician Naturalist Writer |
Known for | Anatomy, vegetarianism |
Antonio Cocchi (3 August 1695 – 1 January 1758) was an Italian physician, naturalist and writer. He was best known for his work on anatomy.[1]
Cocchi was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1736, his candidature citation describing him as "a very noted & Skilfull Physician at Florence, and formerly Professor of Physic and Philosophy in the University of Pisa, desirous of being elected into this Honourable Society; he is a Gentleman of very distinguished merit both in his profession and all other parts of Natural & Philosophical Learning; he is the Author of Several Books and is now publishing some Greek Medical Writers never before printed from the MSS in the Laurentian Library; he is also at this time Secretary to a Society newly Set up at Florence very much on the Same foot as the Royal Society is here" [2]
Cocchi spent three years in England, where he knew Isaac Newton. Although offered a position by the Princess of Wales, he returned to teach in Tuscany.[3]
Cocci was also a classical scholar, producing the first edition of the Ephesian Tale, a novel by Xenophon of Ephesus, as well as other work on Greek romances. His Discorso primo sopra Asclepiade (1758), on Asclepiades of Bithynia, appeared also in his collected Opere (1824).[4] Elizabeth Rawson called the Discorso "learned and often penetrating, though over-enthusiastic about his subject's moral virtues."[5]
Cocchi's writing style was characterized by purity of diction, and in his own time was regarded as a model for scientific writing.[6]
Cocchi was a vegetarian and was influenced by Pythagoras.[7] He authored the book Del vitto pitagorico per uso della medicina in 1743. It was translated by Robert Dodsley into English as The Pythagorean Diet in 1745.[7][8][9] Voltaire admired the book.[10]
Cocchi documented the health benefits of a vegetable diet. He was the first to argue that scurvy may occur from lack of vegetables in the diet.[7]
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