Giuseppe Testa (30 June 1819,

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– 14 December 1894,

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) was an Italian

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. He studied in Naples where he graduated in

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and

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at the age of 21. He was well known for the successful surgical operation on

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's leg, saving him from a gangrene which would have brought certain amputation. His surgical clinic became the most important in Naples; it was attended by many students and in 1876 he became a professor of surgery at

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. Testa was also a member of the "Medical-Surgical Royal Academy".

References

* M. Fumarola, La Chiesa del Carmine di Martina Franca, 1981, Fasano di Brindisi, pp. 74–94 * Marinò Angelo, Repertorio bio-bibliografico degli scrittori, artisti e scienziati martinesi, 1970, Martina Franca, pp. 84–88 * Rapolla Testa Armando, Cenni sulla vita ed opere di Giuseppe testa, 1819–1894, 1967, Martina Franca, pp. 3–5 Italian surgeons 19th-century Neapolitan people Kingdom of the Two Sicilies people People from Martina Franca 1819 births 1894 deaths Academic staff of the University of Naples Federico II {{Italy-med-bio-stub