title: The Renaissance and the universal surgeon: Giovanni Andrea Della Croce, a master of traumatology.
abstract: All the medical knowledge of all time in one book, the universal and perfect manual for the Renaissance surgeon, and the man who wrote it. This paper depicts the life and works of Giovanni Andrea della Croce, a 16th Century physician and surgeon, who, endowed with true spirit of Renaissance humanism, wanted to teach and share all his medical knowledge through his opus magnum, titled "Universal Surgery Complete with All the Relevant Parts for the Optimum Surgeon". An extraordinary book which truly represents a defining moment and a founding stone for traumatology, written by a lesser known historical personality, but nonetheless the Renaissance Master of Traumatology.
authors.affiliation: Biomechanics Laboratory, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Via di Barbiano n. 1/10, 40136, Bologna, Italy, berardo.dimatteo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Berardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Di Matteo
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tarabella
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Filardo
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viganò
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tomba
authors.forename: Maurilio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcacci
mesh_terms: D049669:History, 16th Century; D007558:Italy; D014194:Traumatology / Q000266:history*