The
Book of Love

PAOLO MANTEGAZZA, Italian physiologist and anthropologist, was born atMonza in 1831. He travelled extensively in Europe, India and America. Hewas appointed surgeon at Milan Hospital and Professor of GeneralPathology at Pavia. In 1870 he was nominated Professor of Anthropologyat the Istituto di Studii Superiori, Florence. He founded the firstMuseum of Anthropology and Ethnology in Italy, and the ItalianAnthropological Society. He was deputy for Monza in the ItalianParliament from 1865 to 1876, subsequently being elected to the Senate.He is the author of many well known works, as "The Physiology ofSorrow," "The Physiology of Pleasure," "Elements of Hygiene," "Picturesof Human Nature," "Human Ecstasies," "Head," etc. His books are mostpopular in Europe, where they have been translated into almost everylanguage and have reached an enormous circulation. Paolo Mantegazzaranks with the greatest European medical authorities and the mostbrilliant Italian writers.