Catherine of Genoa is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Catherine of Genoa as Italian author and nurse.
Catherine of Genoa was born at Genoa in 1447. Her recorded nationality is Republic of Genoa.
Dissection returned in this period and overturned inherited anatomy, which had been copied without checking for centuries.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
That the work was done from Republic of Genoa matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Catherine of Genoa died in 1510, aged 63. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
