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Alessandra Giliani

Alessandra
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Italian anatomist

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According to Wikipedia, Alessandra Giliani was thought to be an Italian natural historian, best known as the first woman to be recorded in historical documents as practicing anatomy and pathology. However, the historical evidence for her existence is limited. Some scholars consider her to be a fiction invented by  Alessandro Machiavelli . whilst others hold that the participation of a woman in anatomy at that time was so shocking that she has been edited out of history.

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