, an Italian surgeon, was born in 1685 in the dutchy of Spoletta,
, an Italian surgeon, was born
in 1685 in the dutchy of Spoletta, and at the age of nine,
was sent to Florence, where after going through a classical
course, he studied philosophy, anatomy, and surgery, and
acquired great reputation for his skill in disorders of the eyes
and in ruptures. In 1755, he was appointed principal surgeon of the hospital of St. Mary in Florence, and died in that
city, May 7, 1756. He wrote, 1. “Lettera sopra cataratta
gleucomatosa,
” Florence, Nuova propozitione intorno alia caruncula dell' uretra della carnosita,
&c.
” ibid. Manifesto sopra alcune accuse contenute in uno certo parere del signor P. P. Lupi,
”
ibid. Giustificatione delle replicati accuse
del signor P.P. Lupi,
” ibid. Dissertazioni sopra l‘origine deli’ ernia intestinale, &c.
” ibid.
, an Italian surgeon, or rather physician, was born in the territory
, an Italian surgeon, or rather
physician, was born in the territory of Lucca, about the
year 1728. He received the degree of doctor, began
practice at Sarzano in 1755, as a member of the faculty; in
1756 was chosen member of the German imperial society;
and in 1758 of the royal society of Gottingen, while he
was practising at the baths of Lucca. In 1753, he happened to be at a place in that republic, called Brandeglio,
where an epidemic fever of a particular kind prevailed,
which he treated with great success by means of mercury.
This formed the subject of his treatise, entitled “Dissertatio historico-epistolaris, &c.
” Lucca, De Lucensium Thermarum sale tractatus,
” Lucca, Riflessioni sopra gli effetti del moto a cavallo,
” Lucca, Dissertatio physica de
Lumine,
” Vienne, De rubiginis frumentum
corrumpentis causa et medela,
” Lucca, Observationum medicarum quse anatomise superstructae sunt,
collectio prima,
” Lucca, Dissertationes
et Quaestiones medicae magis celebres,
” Lucca,