Amato Lusitano is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Amato Lusitano as Portuguese physician (1511-1568).
Amato Lusitano was born at Castelo Branco in 1511. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Portugal. He trained at University of Salamanca and University of Ferrara.
Dissection returned in this period and overturned inherited anatomy, which had been copied without checking for centuries.
His posts were held at University of Ferrara.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
That the work was done from Kingdom of Portugal matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Amato Lusitano died in 1568, aged 57. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Ferrara
