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]
References edit
- ^ 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.
Bibliography edit
- Galeazzo Santa Sofia (1533). Opus medicinae practicae saluberrimum, antehac nusquam impressum, Galeatij de Sancta Sophia in nonum tractatum libri Rhasis ad regem Almansorem. Haguenau: Valentin Kobian.