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The editors are grateful to:

• Marina Davoli at the Department of Epidemiology Italian National Health Service, Local Health Unit, Rome E, and Gaetana Cognetti at the Regina Elena National Cancer Research Institute Library) for initiating the search;  

• Paolo Flores D'Arcais, philosopher, and Director of "MicroMega", an Italian cultural, political, scientific and philosophical magazine, for identifying the document;

• Franco Nasella (biomedical library) and Prof Andrea Gareffi (Director of the Department of Studies on Philology, Linguistics and Literature), both at the University of Tor Vergata, Rome for locating a copy of the document;

• Dr.ssa Maria Barbera Bertini, director of the State Archives of Milan, and her colleague MP Bortolotti, for providing a photocopy of the text; and

• Prof Andrea Gareffi (Director of the Department of Studies on Philology, Linguistics and Literature), for providing a transcription of the original manuscript, and biographical details about Leonardo Fioravanti.