Antonio Musa Brassavola
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Antonio Muso Brassavola (variously spelled Brasavoli, Brasavola, or Brasavoli [1], born January 16, 1500 in Ferrara) was an Italian physician and one of the most famous of his time. He studied under Leoniceno and Manardi. He was the friend and physician of Ercolo II, the prince of Este. He was also the consulting physician of Kings Francis I, Charles V, Henry VIII and Popes Paul III, Leo X, Clement VIII and Julius III. He performed the first successful tracheotomy, [2] and published an account of it in 1546. He was the chair of philosophy in Ferrara and also studied botany and medicine. [3] A genus of orchid, called Brassavola, is named after him. [4]
Writings
- Examen omnium simplicium medicamentorum, quorum in officinis.J. u. F. Frellaeos Lyon, 1537
- In octo libros aphorismorum Hippocratis & Galeni commentaria & annotationes, 1541
- In libros de ratione victus in morbis acutis Hippocratis & Galeni commentaria & annotationes, 1546
- Examen omnium electuariorum. Venice, ex Officina Erasmiana Vincentii Valgrisii, 1548
- Index refertissimus in omnes Galeni libros, 1556
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His writings consist of works in the fields of medicine and botany. He also wrote extensively about the physician Galen.
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