Note 132 — BOOK VI.
Herman Oelsner translation
Francisco Díaz, lecturer on philosophy and medicine at the University of Alcalá de Henares, published a Compendio de Cirujia (Madrid, 1575). In 1588 Cervantes contributed a complimentary sonnet to Díaz' treatise on kidney disease: Tratado nuevamente impreso acerca de las enfermedades de los riñones. The occasion is certainly singular. It does not seem that Díaz himself published any verse.