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Giovanni Battista Monteggia
Italian physician and surgeon, born August 8, 1762, Lavenea at Lago Maggiore; died January 17, 1815.
Associated eponyms:
Colles' fracture
Transverse fracture of the radius just above the wrist with displacement of hand backward and outward (dorsal displacement of the distal fragment).
Monteggia's fracture
Fracture of the upper portion of the ulna combined with dislocation of the radial head.
Smith's fracture (Robert William Smith)
A flexion and compression fracture of the lower end of the radius, with forward displacement of the lower fragment.
Biography:
Giovanni Battista Monteggia at the age of 17 became an apprentice in surgery at the Great Hospital in Milano and from 1790 was surgical assistant and prosector of anatomy from 1791 prison physician, from 1795 professor of anatomy and surgery and, eventually, surgeon (Wundarzt) at the mentioned hospital. His work on surgery was highly praised by Antonio Scarpa (1752-1832). He acquired syphilis by cutting himself at autopsy.
Bibliography:
- Instituzioni di chirurgica. Milano, 1802.
- Fasciculi pathologici. Milano, 1789.
- Annotazioni pratiche sopra i mali venerei. Milano, 1794.
- Discorso intorno allo studio della chirurgica. Milano, 1800.
- Sull’ uso della salsaparaglia. Milano, 1806.
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