Johannes Baptista Montanus
Italian physician (1498–1551) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Johannes Baptista Montanus (/mɒnˈteɪnəs/; 1498 – 6 May 1551) is the Latinized name of Giovanni Battista Monte, or Gian Battista da Monte, one of the leading Renaissance humanist physicians of Italy. Montanus promoted the revival of Greek medical texts and practice, producing revisions of Galen as well as of Islamic medical texts by Rhazes and Avicenna. He was himself a medical writer and was regarded as a second Galen.
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Giovanni Battista da Monte | |
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Born | Giovanni Battista Monte 1498 |
Died | 6 May 1551(1551-05-06) (aged 52–53) |
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | Clinical medicine |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Medicine |
Institutions | University of Ferrara University of Padua |
Academic advisors | Niccolò Leoniceno Marco Musuro Pietro Pomponazzi |
Doctoral students | John Caius Johannes Crato von Krafftheim |
Other notable students | Bassiano Landi |
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