Gabriele Fallop(p)io (1523-1562)

La Chirurgia di Gabriel Fallopio modonese Fisico, Chirurgo & ...

Gabriele Fallop(p)io (1523-1562)

La Chirurgia di Gabriel Fallopio modonese Fisico, Chirurgo & Anathomico celeberrimo. Tradotto dalla sua Latina nella lingua Volgare & nuovamente posta in luce per Gio: Pietro Maffei, D. Chirurgo Trivisano. ... In Venezia, appresso i Bertani, 1647.


§ 4° (220 x 150), [8], 430 leaves, contemporary hard vellum, fine and well preserved copy

Italian edition, originally published in Latin, of this famous work on surgery , by the great physician and anatomist Gabriele Falloppio; all his works, except one, were published posthumously, mostly edited by his pupils.
“Falloppio at the age of 24 occupied the chair of anatomy in Ferrara, from which he moved to Pisa, and then in Padua, where he taught surgery, anatomy and botany until the time of his early death.” (De Renzi, 158, translated). “Gabriele Falloppio is to be counted among the illustrious surgeons of his time. ... "Fallopio, says the Portal, was one of the greatest anatomists, and one of the greatest surgeons of the sixteenth century. His genius shines everywhere, and everywhere he shows himself a judicious observer." In Fallopio's works all parts of surgery are illuminated by an uncommon judgment; he constantly modifies old beliefs, introduces new methods, adds the wealth of facts and observations. ... To him we owe above all new and more suitable methods for the treatment of dislocations; he describes all the operations and carefully examines the indications and contraindications; and in this, as in surgery, he was worthy of the time of him and his contemporaries.” (De Renzi, 641-642). Ref: De Renzi, III, 157-161; 641-643 and passim; Gabriella Belloni Speciale Falloppio, Gabriele In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, ad vocem