Puer Helvetius magnus: precocious puberty documented in Conrad Gessner's "Historia naturalis facultatis in puero mirabilis" (1555)

Hormones (Athens). 2022 Mar;21(1):181-183. doi: 10.1007/s42000-021-00321-2. Epub 2021 Sep 17.

Author

Diederik F Janssen¹

Affiliation

¹ Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, Grote Gracht 90-92, Maastricht, 6211SZ, The Netherlands. diederikjanssen@gmail.com.

PMID: 34532838
DOI: 10.1007/s42000-021-00321-2

No abstract available

Keywords: Conrad Gessner (1516–1565); Conrad Lycosthenes (1518–1561); Nosography (history); Nosology (history); Precocious puberty.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Mirabilis*
Puberty, Precocious*