Vittorio Algarotti
Vittorio Algarotti (1533-1604), was born in Verona and was president of the Verona College of Medicine from 1593 through his death in 1604. A contemporary of Paracelsus, he introduced the use of , which he referred to as pulveris angelicus (powder of the angels) to medicine.[1]
References[]
- ^ Vittorio Algarotti. Enciclopedia Treccani (Italian)
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- 1533 births
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- Physicians from Verona
- 16th-century Italian physicians
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