ACHILLINI, ALEXANDER, was born at Bologna in 1463. He was celebrated as a lecturer both in medicine and philosophy, and was styled the Great Philosopher. Achillini died in 1512. His philosophical works were printed in one volume folio, at Venice, in 1508, and reprinted with considerable additions in 1545, 1551, and 1568. His principal medical works are: 1. Annotationes Anatomice, Bonon. 1520, 4to, and Venice, 1521, 8vo. 2. De Humani Corporis Anatomia, Venice, 1521, 4to. 3. In Mundini Anatomiam Annotationes, printed with Katham's Fasciculus Medicinæ, Venice, 1522, fol. 4. De Subjecto Medicinæ, cum annotationibus Pamphili Montii, Venice, 1568. 5. De Chiromantia Principis et Physiognomiæ, fol. without place or year. 6. De Universalibus, Bonon. 1501, fol. 7. De Subjecto Chiromantia et Physiognomiæ, Bonon. 1503, fol. and Pavia, 1515, fol.