Gabriele Falloppio
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Gabriele Falloppio (1522/23 – 9 October 1562) was an Italian priest and
Life
Falloppio grew up in
Contributions
Falloppio published only one major work during his lifetime, the Observationes anatomicae, which first came out in 1561. Here he presented his numerous new anatomical findings, correcting and expanding on the works of Galen and Vesalius. Some of his findings referred to the head and the brain. He added much to what was known before about the internal ear and described in detail the
His contributions to the anatomy of the
His contributions to practical medicine were also important. He was the first to use an aural
Falloppio also lectured extensively on mineral waters and their medicinal qualities and presented the results of his chemical analysis of the waters from various springs by means of distilliation. He argued against Fracastor's theory of fossils, as described as follows in Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology:
Falloppio of Padua conceived that petrified shells had been generated by fermentation in the spots where they were found, or that they had in some cases acquired their form from 'the tumultuous movements of terrestrial exhalations.' Although a celebrated professor of anatomy, he taught that certain tusks of elephants dug up in his time at Puglia were mere earthy concretions, and, consistently with these principles, he even went so far as to consider it not improbable, that the vases of Monte Testaceo at Rome were natural impressions stamped in the soil.[5]
Legacy
Various anatomical structures were described by Falloppio, including fallopian tube, Fallopian canal, and Fallopian ligament.
A genus of about 12 species of flowering plants bears his name (Fallopia).
Several – quite different – portraits which claim to represent Falloppio have survived but there is no conclusive evidence that any of them is authentic.[citation needed]
Works
- Omnia, quæ adhuc extant opera (1584) (mostly a collection of student notes on Falloppio's lectures)
- Falloppio, Gabriele. 1562. Observationes anatomicae. Venetiis: Apud Marcum Antonium Vlmum.[6] (first published in 1561)
- Kunstbuch Des hocherfarnen und weytberhümpten Herrn Gabrielis Fallopij, der Artzney Doctorn von mancherley nutzlichen Künsten . Sampt einem andern büchlin / durch Christophorum Landrinum außgangen. Manger, Augspurg 1578 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf (spurious, wrongly attributed to Falloppio)
- Gabrielis Fallopii Wunderlicher menschlichem Leben gewisser und sehr nutzlicher Secreten drey Bücher : vom Authore selbst in Italienischer Sprach publicirt, jetzund aber Teutscher Nation zu gutem in unser Muttersprach ubersetzet. Iennis / N. Hoffmann, Franckfurt am Mayn 1616 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf (spurious, wrongly attributed to Falloppio)
See also
- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
References
- ISBN 978-1-03-214970-7.
- S2CID 1316342.
- ISBN 9780521644044.
Gabriele Falloppio condom.
- PMID 7802734.
- ^ Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology, 1832, p.29
- OCLC 78726997.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Gabriello Fallopio". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
External links
- Belloni Speciale, Gabriella (1994). "FALLOPPIA, Gabriele". ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
- http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2288.html
- Gabriele Falloppio at the Mathematics Genealogy Project