Abstract

 

Guido Guidi (Vidianus) was Professor of Medicine at College of France and physician to Francis I. In 1548 he

returned to Italy and appointed Professor of Phylosophy and Medicine at the University of Pisa where remained

for 20 years. Today he is remembered in part by having given his name to the pterygoid canal or Vidian Canal

and the artery and nerve of the pterygoid canal-the Vidian Artery and the Vidian Nerve.

Key Words: Guido Guidi, Eponyms (The Vidian Artery, Nerve and Canal)