Editing Marsilio Ficino (section)

=== Medical works ===
Probably due to early influences from his father, Diotifeci, who was a doctor to Cosimo de' Medici, Ficino published Latin and Italian treatises on medical subjects such as ''Consiglio contro la pestilenza'' (Recommendations for the treatment of the plague) and ''De vita libri tres'' (Three books on life). His medical works exerted considerable influence on Renaissance physicians such as [[Paracelsus]], with whom he shared the perception on the unity of the [[Microcosm–macrocosm analogy|microcosmos and macrocosmos]], and their interactions, through somatic and psychological manifestations, with the aim to investigate their [[Doctrine of signatures|signatures]] to cure diseases. Those works, which were very popular at the time, dealt with astrological and alchemical concepts. Thus Ficino came under the suspicion of heresy; especially after the publication of the third book in 1489, which contained specific instructions on healthful living in a world of demons and other spirits.<ref>Marsilio Ficino. [http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~orpheus/ficino.htm Biography and introduction to The Letters of Marsilio Ficino, Volume 1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722235556/http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~orpheus/ficino.htm |date=22 July 2014 }}  1975 Fellowship of the School of Economic Science, London. Retrieved 26 April 2014.</ref>