Georgios Kalafatis Shida Talli (, , ; ca. 1652 – ca. 9 February 1720) was a

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of theoretical and practical medicine who was largely active in

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and

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in the 17th-century Italian

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Georgios Kalafatis was born on the island of

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in 1652, in the city of

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(Canea). His father Stefanos Kalafatis belonged to a wealthy local

family which claimed descent from the

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. Early in his career Georgios studied medicine eventually moving to

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to further his education. Entering the

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in 1679 he became professor of practical and theoretical medicine at the age of just 29. In 1682 Kalafatis moved to

where he wrote ''Trattato sopra la peste'', whilst there he met and married Alba Caterina Muazzo, a Venetian noblewoman. In 1692 he became a member of the ''

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'' in Padua. He died on February 9, 1720, in Padua and was buried along with his wife in the

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Biography

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