Tito Vanzetti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian surgeon
Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1809
Place of Birth: Venice, Venetian Province, Italy
Date of Death: 06-Jan-1888
Profession: surgeon
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Tito Vanzetti
- Tito Vanzetti (29 April 1809, Venice – 6 January 1888, Padua) was a famous surgeon and professor of medicine of the 19th century. He studied surgery at the University of Padua under Bartolomeo Signoroni (1797-1844) and at the University of Vienna with Joseph Wattmann (1789-1866).
- Several years later, he was appointed professor of clinical surgery and ophthalmology at the University of Kharkiv.
- In 1853 he returned to Padua as a professor of clinical surgery. In 1846 he performed the first ovariotomy in Russia.
- Vanzetti is credited for introducing a procedure of manual compression for treatment of popliteal aneurysms.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.
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