This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in JAMA  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

JAMA. 1970;211(4):655.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

Antonio Maria Valsalva, pupil of Malpighi and teacher of Morgagni, contributed handsomely to the anatomy and physiology of the ear.¹ Born of a noble family in Imola, Italy, a village to the east of Bologna, he studied philosophy and mathematics and later medicine in its university. There he was attracted particularly to Malpighi, from whom he inherited a great interest in dissection. In 1687, after Valsalva received the doctorate in medicine and philosophy, he was accepted in the registry of doctors of Bologna for the practice of medicine and surgery. Although Valsalva became a skilled practitioner, his greatest passion centered on experimental physiology and anatomical dissection, and he is credited with 1,000 dissections. In 1697, Valsalva succeeded Malpighi in the chair of anatomy and, in 1705, became the public professor in the subject. By then his reputation was established, due in part to the appearance of his great book . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?