Galeazzo di Santa Sofia

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Opus medicinae practicae saluberrimum, title page (1533)

Galeazzo di Santa Sofia (died 1427) was an Italian physician and anatomist.

Life[edit]

He taught medicine at the universities in Bologna and Padua. He was called to Vienna where he introduced anatomy as a subject of study and in 1404 made the first dissection north of the Alps.[1]

Works[edit]

  • Opus medicinae practicae saluberrimum (in Latin). Haguenau: Valentin Kobian. 1533.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wolfgang Regal; Michael Nanut (December 13, 2007). Vienna – A Doctor’s Guide: 15 walking tours through Vienna’s medical history. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 7. ISBN 978-3-211-48952-9.