Accademia de' Medici Conghietturanti

Accademia de' Medici Conghietturanti =
Academy of Conjecturing Phaysicians

Founding of the Society

Year Authority / Notes

1751 This date is supported by p.273 of Turchini (1979).
Turchini (1979), p.273, indicates that this was an academy of physicians who met to discuss only scientific topics in debates of a speculative nature, as the motto per coniecturas chosen for their coat of arms hints at.
As early as 1761, the Accademia became the object of ill-will from the local college of physicians, who wanted to bring the Accademia under control (Turchini (1979), p.280). Although by 1764 the Duke agreed to allow the Accademia to elect whomever they pleased as leader, the controversy had already had a serious negative influence on the scientific and cultural activity of the young academicians (Turchini (1979), p.281-282).
According to Turchini (1979), p.282, footnote 43, the last recorded meeting of the Accademia occurred in 1766. It is further noted that the Accademia survived some time after that, at least to 1788, since Bedinelli in his work Epicrisi sopra alcuni errori e vani giudizi del volgo (Pesaro 1788) adorns himself with the title socio nell'accademia de' congetturanti de Modena.

Seat of the Society

City Authority / Notes

Modena
Italy This location is supported by the title of its publication.

Name of the Society

Dates Name Authority

1751 - 1788? Accademia de' Medici Conghietturanti (Modena, Italy) Turchini (1979) for dates; Illinet cat. authority record for name.

1751 - 1788? Accademia dei Medici Conghietturanti Turchini (1979) for dates and name.

1751 - 1788? Academia Conjecturantium (Modena, Italy) Turchini (1979) for dates; Illinet cat. authority record for name.

1751 - 1788? Accademia de' congetturanti (Modena, Italy) Turchini (1979) for dates; Illinet cat. authority record for name.

1751 - 1788? Accademia de' signori conghietturanti (Modena, Italy) Turchini (1979) for dates; Illinet cat. authority record for name.

1751 - 1788? Accademia conjetturante (Modena, Italy) Turchini (1979) for dates; Illinet cat. authority record for name.

1751 - 1788? Medica Conjecturantium Mutinensis Academia (Modena, Italy) Turchini (1979) for dates; Illinet cat. authority record for name.

1751 - 1788? Medica Coniecturantium Academia (Modena, Italy) Turchini (1979) for dates; Illinet cat. authority record for name.

Journals of the Society

Years Full Journal Title Abbrev. Indexed
1756

A Saggi di Medicina degli Accademici Conghietturanti di Modena
The GBV German Union cat. record gives the title as Saggi di medicina degli academici Conghietturanti di Modena, that is, with an unusual spelling of the word accademici.
[GBV German Union cat.] Saggi di Medicina degli Accadem. Conghietturanti di Modena
[Reuss, v.10, p.12 cites T. I.] Reuss

1759

B Dissertationes habitae in Academia Medica Conjecturantium, quae Mutinae est
Turchini, p.279 refers to this as a second volume of essays by the society, indicating that it was printed as a block within another publication, with a preamble and its own separate pagination (in Latin numbers). He identifies the publication in which this appeared as t.5 (1759) of Nuova Raccolta d'Opuscoli Scientifici e Filologici, edited by Angelo Calogerà; a copy of this is located in the GBV German Union cat., the Univ Calif. cat., and the Harvard Univ. cat.. [Note: Turchini erroneously gives the final word in the title as filosofici.]

Accademia de' Medici Conghietturanti = Academy of Conjecturing Phaysicians
Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1751	This date is supported by p.273 of Turchini (1979). Turchini (1979), p.273, indicates that this was an academy of physicians who met to discuss only scientific topics in debates of a speculative nature, as the motto *per coniecturas* chosen for their coat of arms hints at. As early as 1761, the Accademia became the object of ill-will from the local college of physicians, who wanted to bring the Accademia under control (Turchini (1979), p.280). Although by 1764 the Duke agreed to allow the Accademia to elect whomever they pleased as leader, the controversy had already had a serious negative influence on the scientific and cultural activity of the young academicians (Turchini (1979), p.281-282). According to Turchini (1979), p.282, footnote 43, the last recorded meeting of the Accademia occurred in 1766. It is further noted that the Accademia survived some time after that, at least to 1788, since Bedinelli in his work *Epicrisi sopra alcuni errori e vani giudizi del volgo* (Pesaro 1788) adorns himself with the title socio nell'accademia de' congetturanti de Modena.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Modena Italy	This location is supported by the title of its publication.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1751 - 1788?	*Accademia de' Medici Conghietturanti (Modena, Italy)*	Turchini (1979) for dates; Illinet cat. authority record for name.
1751 - 1788?	*Accademia dei Medici Conghietturanti*	Turchini (1979) for dates and name.
1751 - 1788?	*Academia Conjecturantium (Modena, Italy)*	Turchini (1979) for dates; Illinet cat. authority record for name.
1751 - 1788?	*Accademia de' congetturanti (Modena, Italy)*	Turchini (1979) for dates; Illinet cat. authority record for name.
1751 - 1788?	*Accademia de' signori conghietturanti (Modena, Italy)*	Turchini (1979) for dates; Illinet cat. authority record for name.
1751 - 1788?	*Accademia conjetturante (Modena, Italy)*	Turchini (1979) for dates; Illinet cat. authority record for name.
1751 - 1788?	*Medica Conjecturantium Mutinensis Academia (Modena, Italy)*	Turchini (1979) for dates; Illinet cat. authority record for name.
1751 - 1788?	*Medica Coniecturantium Academia (Modena, Italy)*	Turchini (1979) for dates; Illinet cat. authority record for name.

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.	Indexed
1756 A	*Saggi di Medicina degli Accademici Conghietturanti di Modena* The GBV German Union cat. record gives the title as *Saggi di medicina degli academici Conghietturanti di Modena, that is, with an unusual spelling of the word accademici*. [GBV German Union cat.]	*Saggi di Medicina degli Accadem. Conghietturanti di Modena* [Reuss, v.10, p.12 cites T. I.]	*Reuss*
1759 B	*Dissertationes habitae in Academia Medica Conjecturantium, quae Mutinae est* Turchini, p.279 refers to this as a second volume of essays by the society, indicating that it was printed as a block within another publication, with a preamble and its own separate pagination (in Latin numbers). He identifies the publication in which this appeared as t.5 (1759) of *Nuova Raccolta d'Opuscoli Scientifici e Filologici, edited by Angelo Calogerà; a copy of this is located in the GBV German Union cat., the Univ Calif. cat., and the Harvard Univ. cat.. [Note: Turchini erroneously gives the final word in the title as filosofici*.]