Tito Vanzetti (29 April 1809,

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– 6 January 1888,

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) was a surgeon and professor of medicine of the 19th century. He studied surgery at the

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under Bartolomeo Signoroni (1797-1844) and at the

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with

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(1789-1866). Several years later, he was appointed professor of clinical surgery and

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at the

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. In 1853 he returned to Padua as a professor of clinical surgery. In 1846 he performed the first

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in Russia. Vanzetti is credited for introducing a procedure of manual compression for treatment of popliteal

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s. He became rector of the University of Padua in 1864. Together with other 16 professors, he was dismissed in 1866, after the annexation of Venetia to Italy, because of his position of support to old Austrian rule. He was reintegrated soon after, under international pressure. He was made member of several scientific academies and societies.

Associated eponym

* Vanzetti's sign: In

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the

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is always horizontal in spite of

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; but in other lesions with scoliosis the pelvis is inclined.Google Books
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References

Pagel: Biographical Dictionary
outstanding physicians of the nineteenth century. Berlin, Vienna, 1901, Sp 1753
Annuario scientifico ed industriale by Francesco Grispigni, Luigi Trevellini, Giovanni Celoria, Francesco Denza, Arnoldo Usigli, Augusto Righi
(biographical information) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanzetti, Tito 1809 births 1888 deaths Physicians from the Austrian Empire Physicians from Venice Academic staff of the University of Padua University of Padua alumni Italian surgeons Italian expatriates in the Russian Empire