Galien, au cœur de la bibliographie de Mercurialis sur les maladies de peau

Galen has been an important source for Mercurialis when he prepared his lessons on human beauty : gymnastics and skin-care are two main means to obtain it ; but the latter is quite less known than the former ; less edited ; little commented upon (F. Bazzi, “Problemi di filosofia naturale nel De morbis cutaneis di G. Mercuriale”, Chronica dermatologica, Roma, 5, 1974, p. 671-702) ; and until 2008 not entirely translated (R. Sutton, “Diseases of the Skin. Mercuriale 1572”, Archives of Dermatology, Chicago, 1966, 94, p. 763-772, and present note 2, p. 165). The present paper details Galen’s interventions, if I may say, in Mercurialis’ teaching about human skin and dermatological disorders.