Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1103

ANTONIO SCARPA (1752-1832) Anatomicae disquisitiones de auditu et olfactu. In typographeo Petri Galeatii 1789 [10] 101 pp., 8 plates, each accompanied by a duplicate outline plate. 42.4 cm.

Scarpa, a brilliant artist as well as a brilliant anatomist, was trained in anatomy by Morgagni at Padua and studied surgery at Bologna. At the age of twenty he became professor at Modena, and in 1783 he went to Pavia where he helped bring the University of Pavia to preeminence. His legacy includes works in otolaryngology, orthopedics, ophthalmology, neuroanatomy, and surgery. In this work, Scarpa describes the auditory and olfactory mechanisms of fishes, birds, reptiles, and man. The eight plates were drawn by the author.

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, p. 299; Garrison-Morton 1453; Waller 8532