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Giovanni Battista Monteggia

1762-08-08 – 1815-01-17

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Monteggia
Giovanni Battista Monteggia. Stipple engraving by L. Rados after B. Milesi. Iconographic Collections Keywords: portrait prints; B. Milesi; stipple prints; Giovanni Battista Monteggia; Luigi RadosCredit: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/7b/97/8655b0bc7b30e75540c76ef181e6.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0004094.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-29): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/r7452an6 CC-BY-4.0

Life & Legacy

Giovanni Battista Monteggia (August 8, 1762 – January 17, 1815) was an Italian surgeon. The Monteggia fracture is named after him.

Occupation & Career

physician, anatomist, surgeon

Education

University of Pavia

Legacy Highlights

Employer

University of Pavia

Organizations & Memberships

Academy of Sciences of Turin

Education & Institutions

University of Pavia

Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q1243871 — wikidata View source

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