GABRIELE FALLOPPIO. — Born in Modena in 1523, died in Padua on 9 Oct. 1562. A pupil in Ferrara of Musa Brasavola, he renounced a canonry to devote himself to his preferred studies of anatomy and medicine. At the age of 24 (1547), he was appointed to the chair of anatomy at the University of Ferrara. He then moved to Pisa, until in 1551 the Republic of Venice called him to lecture at the University of Padua, where he subsequently held the chairs of anatomy, surgery, and materia medica. Of vast learning, often consulted for his expertise, he treated illustrious patients in Milan, Florence, and Rome; and for his own instruction he traveled to France and Greece.
His scientific work concerns mainly surgery and anatomy, but he also dealt with therapeutics, hydrology, clinical medicine, and syphilis. His anatomical discoveries are innumerable; he was ingenious in prescribing new prophylactic, therapeutic, and orthopedic methods.
Among his writings: *Observationes anatomicae in libros quinque digestae* (Venice 1561); *Expositione in librum Galeni de ossibus* (Venice 1570); *De compositione medicamentorum cui accesserunt tabulae eiusdem de cauteris* (ibid. 1570); *Compendium de anatomie corporis humani* (ibid. 1571).
Gustavo Maria Apolloni