Vittorio Algarotti

Vittorio Algarotti (1533-1604), was born in Verona and was president of the Verona College of Medicine from 1593 through his death in 1604. A contemporary of Paracelsus, he introduced the use of antimony oxichloride, which he referred to as pulveris angelicus (powder of the angels) to medicine.[1]

References
  1. Vittorio Algarotti. Enciclopedia Treccani (Italian)


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