The History of Medicine in Context
by Michael Stolberg
Renaissance anatomist Gabrielle
Falloppia is best known today for his account of the eponymous
fallopian tubes but he made numerous other anatomical discoveries as
well, was one of the most famous surgeons of his time, and is widely
believed to have invented the condom.
Drawing
on Falloppia's Observationes anatomicae of 1561 and on dozens of
handwritten and published sets of student notes, this book not only
looks at Falloppia’s anatomical lectures and demonstrations. It also
studies Falloppia’s work on surgical topics – including the French
disease and cosmetic surgery – on thermal waters, and on pharmacology.
Last but not least, it uses student notes and the letters of
contemporary scholars to throw a new light on Falloppia’s biography, on
his very special relationship with the botanist Melchior Wieland, who
lived in his house for several years, and on his conflicts with his
fellow professors in Padua, one of whom, Bassiano Landi, was murdered
just ten days after his funeral – by Falloppia’s disciples, as some
believed.
Written by one of the
leading scholars in the field of early modern medicine, this book will
appeal to all those interested in the teaching and practice of anatomy,
surgery, and pharmacology in the Renaissance.
English | 2023 | PDF | 5 MB | 219 Pages
ISBNs: 1032149701, 978-1032149707, 9781032149707, B0B3ZHN84K