Falloppius and his uterine tubes

Gabriele Falloppio (1523-1562) was initially educated as a priest in his native Modena, Italy. He subsequently became a physician and professor of anatomy in Pisa, and later in Padua on the post Vesalius (1515-1564) had occupied not long before him. In 1561, Falloppius published a collection of anatomical observations to supplement, and sometimes correct, Vesalius' great De humani corporis fabrica libri septem of 1543. Among Falloppius' observations was a description of the female 'semen-conveying ducts', as they were then called, in which he emphasized their gradual widening towards the female 'testes', to which they were only loosely attached by fringe (fimbriae) or 'shreds of worn clothes'. When this fringe was folded back, the resulting opening resembled that of a brazen trumpet (tuba). Vesalius published a courteous riposte in which he still denied the existence of such an opening. The tubes Falloppius had described were eventually named after him.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

Erschienen:

2011

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:155

Enthalten in:

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 155(2011), 51 vom: 26., Seite A3639

Sprache:

Niederländisch

Weiterer Titel:

Falloppius en zijn tuba uterina

Beteiligte Personen:

van Gijn, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Gijselhart, Joost P [VerfasserIn]
Falloppio, Gabriele [Sonstige Person]

Themen:

Biography
Historical Article
Journal Article
Portrait

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Date Completed 03.02.2012

Date Revised 01.12.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM214144925