, the son of Nicholas Bottom, a celebrated philosopher and physician
, the son of Nicholas Bottom, a
celebrated philosopher and physician of Leontini, in Sicily, was born the 6th of October 1641, and received his
education under Peter Castello. In 1658, he was admitted
to the degree of doctor, and was soon after made physician
to the marquis De Villa Franca, viceroy of Sicily, physician to the royal hospital of Messina, and superintendant of
the physicians there, with a pension of 50 crowns per
month. He afterwards enjoyed a similar situation under
the viceroy of Naples. In 1697, he was made corresponding jor honorary member of the royal society of London, to
which he had previously sent his “Idea historico-physica
tie magno trinacrisc terras motu,
” which is published in
their transactions. He was the first Sicilian physician who
had received that honour. He wrote also “Pyrologia topograpuica, id est, de igne dissertatio, juxta loca, cum
eorun. doscriptione,
” Neapoli, Febris rheumaticse malignae, historia medica,
” Messina, Preserve salutari contro il contagioso malore,
” Messina,