La chirurgia pisana da Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri a Mario Selli

Abstract

Pisan surgery from Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri to Mario Selli. The history of Pisan surgery has its roots in a long and prestigious tradition, marked by interpreters of great value, including: Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri, Antonio Ceci, Paride Stefanini and Mario Selli. The development of surgery in the Tuscan city is closely connected to the dynamism of the University of Pisa, founded in 1343, and of the New Hospital (later named after Santa Chiara), established in 1257. Epochal innovations, pioneering interventions trace the physiognomy of an authentic School, nourished and constantly animated by an uninterrupted passing of the baton between teachers and students. The 19th and 20th centuries, protagonists of this study, place Pisa among the points of reference for national and international surgical evolution, also delivering to the 2000s a cutting-edge reality, capable of keeping alive a centuries-old scientific and cultural path and always well connected to the history of the city of Pisa.