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

Life

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.

Works

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

References

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.

• Italian anatomists
• 15th-century Italian physicians
• 1427 deaths
• 14th-century Italian physicians