Maria Petraccini
Italian anatomist and physician
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Maria Petraccini's Degrees
- Doctorate Medicine University of Bologna
- PhD Anatomy University of Padua
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Maria Magdalena Petraccini Ferretti was an Italian anatomist, physician, professor of anatomy. She was born in Florence, Tuscany, 1759 and died in Bagnacavallo, Ravenna, 1791. Biography and personal life Pettracini was born in a merchant family in Tuscany. She married Italian physician and anatomy professor Francesco Ferretti. She became interested in surgery thanks to him, who was the chief at the Bagnacavallo hospital. Subsequently, Petraccini was tutored in surgery by her spouse, who taught her by operating on corpses. Her technique became so precise that she was envied even by those above her. She was so good that in September of 1788, the Florence Medical Board deemed her worthy of their university, at a time when the medical profession wasn't left up to women.
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