He also was the author of a book called The philosophy of
chess (La filosofia degli scacchi).
Controversy
Besides his brilliant career as a surgeon and professor, his works present an ambiguous aspect. He includes mystic speculations, and his work attempts to coincide with his religious beliefs.
Selected works
De recondita abscessuum natura, O. Beltrani, Naples, 1632
Antiperipatias. Hoc est adversus Aristoteleos de respiratione piscium diatriba. De piscibus in sicco viventibus commentarius... Phoca illustratus..., 2 vol., Naples, H. C. Cavalli, 1655–1659 (Includes a short biography)
Synopseos chirurgiae libri sex, E. Weyerstroten, Amsterdam, 1664
Lists of works
Severino gave us a list of his printed works and manuscripts, which is made up of nine parts and extends on four pages. It can be found in a 1653 edition Therapeuta Neapolitanus : Nomenclator meletematum et diatribarum Severini, p. PP29, at
Google Books.