Antonio De Martino belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Antonio De Martino as Italian physician and politician (1815–1904).
Antonio De Martino was born at Palma Campania in 1815. His recorded nationality is Italy. He trained at University of Naples Federico II.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
The recorded fields of work are medicine and physiology.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
Recognition followed: Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus and commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy.
That the work was done from Italy matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Antonio De Martino died in 1904, aged 89. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy
- Fields: medicine and physiology
