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Bartolomeo Eustachi

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also well versed in Hebrew, Arabic, and Greek, which gave him access to original medical treatises written in those languages. As a physician, Eustachius enjoyed great prestige among the upper classes, having among his patients the Duke of Urbino, the Cardinal della Rovero, and the Duke of Terranova. He became a member of the Medical College of Rome and in 1549 was appointed Professor of Anatomy at the Papal College, the Archiginnasio dell
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During 1562 and 1563 Bartolomeo Eustachio (writing under the Latin surname Eustacius) wrote a remarkable series of scientific works on the anatomy of the kidney, the hearing apparatus, the teeth and their structure, and the circulatory system, including the lower vena cava and its valves (now known
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Bartolomeo was born in San Severino in the province of Ancona, where his father, Marinao Eustachius, was a wealthy and prominent physician. Bartolomeo received the required broad humanistic education typical of that time, and then studied medicine at the Archiginnasio della Sapienza in Rome. He was
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theories current among other physicians. His anatomical investigations into the vena caval Eustachian valve, led him to conclude that its function was to avoid reflux of blood. He also discovered the thoracic canal. Trying to understand how diseases affected body structures, Eustachius made
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Eustachius did not confine his researches to the study of comparative anatomy. He attempted to derive the physiology of organs on the basis of their anatomy. He did not restrict himself to gross anatomy: what was too minute for unassisted vision he inspected by means of glasses (early
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in 1790, the engravings show that Eustachius had dissected with the greatest care and diligence, and had taken the utmost pains to give accurate views of the shape, size, and relative position of the organs of the human body.
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comparative anatomical analysis of healthy and disease-altered organs (pathological anatomy). Working with Pier Matteo Pini, he produced a series of 47 detailed drawings of the studied organs. This series of illustrations,
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The first seven plates illustrate the history of the kidneys and some of the facts relating to the structure of the ear. The eighth represents the heart, the ramifications of the
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Eustachius was deeply interested in understanding the anatomical structures of the human body through direct observation, instead of accepting the many
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as the Eustachian valve). These works were organized and published (illustrated with eight plates) as
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that bears his name. He was the first to describe the internal and anterior muscles of the
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Eustachi, Bartholomeo. Tabulae anatomicae. (Romae: Ex Typographia Pauli Junchi, 1783).
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Trans. and annotated by Mortimer Frank. (New York: Hafner, 1962). pp. 200–204.
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Eustachius died in Umbria in 1574, during a trip to meet Cardinal della Rovere.
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For the legendary Christian martyr known as Eustachius or Eustace, see
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He was known as a supporter of the 2nd century AD Roman anatomist
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From The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library
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Newsletter of the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine
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Roberts, K. B. "Eustachius and his anatomical plates."
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Index

Saint Eustace

San Severino
Fossombrone
Eustachian tube
Eustachian valve
Anatomy
Volcher Coiter


Latin
/jˈstʃəs/
Italian
anatomist
human anatomy
Sapienza
internal ear
Eustachian tube
malleus
stapedius
cochlea
adrenal glands
Anatomical Engravings
Vesalius
De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem
Giovanni Maria Lancisi
Pope Clement XI
Cajetan Petrioli
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus
Bonn

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