The year 1517 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Medicine A third epidemic of sweating sickness in England hits Oxford and Cambridge. German surgeon Hans von Gersdorff publishes his Feldbuch der Wundarzney ("Field book of surgery").
Births June 29 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (died 1585) October 5 – Leonardo Fioravanti, Bolognese physician (died 1588) Pierre Belon, French naturalist (died 1564) Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French mathematician (died 1582)
Deaths Luca Pacioli, Florentine mathematician (b. c.1447)
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