Vidus Vidius

Guido Guidi (Latinized name Vidus Vidius) (10 February 1509 – 26 May 1569), was an Italian surgeon, anatomist and translator.

While in Paris, Guidi befriended artist Benvenuto Cellini and published a book on surgery titled: Chirurgia, in 1544.

This book was one of the best illustrated at the time and was based on works of Hippocrates, Galen, and Oribasius.

In 1547, Guidi returned to Italy to become the personal physician of Cosimo di Medici and teach at Pisa.

A book on medicine, incomplete at his death in 1569, was finished by his nephew as Ars Medicinalis between 1596 and 1611.