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1587  [NF] was published roughly one century after the loss of the schools of Toledo, smothered by the Reconquista. No record of outsatnding local erudition in philosophical/medical subjects has been found in the secular and clerical archives and libraries in and around Alcaraz. The customary reference of Miguel as <I>bachiller</I> is derived from his alleged studies, learning or practice as pharmacist/apothecary at an unknown school and town. There are no records of any additional academic or scholastic endeavours by either Oliva or Miguel other than a claimed -and questioned- residence of Miguel in the university of Alcala de Henares to learn Canonical Law, hence Latin. With the exception of Simon-Abril, no other Sabuco's contemporaneous writer was of any relevance in the Philosophy of Medicine. Then, out of nowhere, an all inclusive opus on psychosomatic medicine and a mind/body dualism innovator sees the light in the Alcaraz of 1587. In attempting to unriddle this enigma, the overview below may prove useful.<BR> In 1587 Philip II's Spain had reached the zenith as an empire saddled over New and Old World. Yet a malaise is angling: the irritation produced by the relentless Francis Drake's raids and besieges of peninsular and New World ports adds to the all-absorbing exertion in the pursuit of funds by the state, and its subsequent bankrupties. Spain is burdened by the Anglo-Spanish war that will result in the weather-fated Spanish Armada fiasco -for which exorbitant taxes had been levied- that ended in the pillorying of Grivelines, some believe the begining of the twilight of Spain's Golden Age. Not all the national stamina is sapped by those conflicts. Philip II cultivates literary endeavors (e.g.: granting  Privilege to such esoteric calling as <B>[NF}</B>) while -for example- one of his most illustrious subjects, Lope de Vega -the summit of Spanish dramaturgy- is spreading enlightment of secular nature among Spaniards with his popular playrights -even if incarcereted for that this year. </P>

Biographies</H2> <H3>Oliva Sabuco</H3>

Miguel Sabuco <H2>Authorship</H2> <H2>New Philosophy</H2>