title: [Distinguished doctors of the University of Padua and their works: 16th to 18th centuries].
abstract: Italian universities have been distinguished since their beginnings, within different specialties. One of them, if not the most important, is the teaching of medicine. One of the leaders is the University of Padua, founded in 1222, establishing itself as the second most important institution after the University of Bologna. In spite of the difficulties faced by this university, as with most other universities during the medieval period, it continued to perform and consolidate once again during the Renaissance as one of the most outstanding universities in Europe. The University of Bologna and the University of Padua shared the leadership in teaching during this period. At the University of Padua, the lectures were always full with teachers and students of great fame, such as Andreas Vesalio, Gabriele Falopio, William Harvey, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Antonio Scarpa, to name just a few. In this article we discuss the rights the University had since it beginnings, from its establishment to the Renaissance, and the great influence of some of the teachers and students in the art and science of medicine.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 09090 México, D.F., Mexico. andreshuesca@yahoo.com.mx
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romero-Y Huesca
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Soto-Miranda
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Moreno-Rojas
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Bollas
mesh_terms: D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D007558:Italy; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history*; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history*