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Girolamo Fabrizi d' Acquapendente.
Hieronymus Fabricius is the Latin name by which the Italian anatomist Girolamo Fabrici (May 20 1537 – May 21 1619) is better known. Also known as Fabrizo d'Acquapendente and (Italian) Geronimo Fabrizio.

Fabrici was born in Acquapendente and studied at Padua, receiving an MD in 1559 under the guidance of Gabriel Fallopio where he eventually became professor of anatomy and surgery in Padua from 1562. One of his pupils during his tenure was William Harvey. Another was Adriaan van den Spieghel.

By dissecting animals, Fabricius investigated the formation of the foetus, the structure of the oesophagus, stomach and bowels, and the peculiarities of the eye, the ear and the larynx. His main claim to fame is the discovery of the membranous folds, which he names "valves" in the interior of veins that, at the time he did not know but what was later discovered, prevent blood from flowing backwards on its way to the heart.

Fabricius's pioneer earned him the title of 'The Father of Embryology' in Italian medical science.

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Gabriele Falloppio (1523- October 9, 1562), often known by his Latin name Fallopius, was one of the most important anatomists and physicians of the sixteenth century.

He was born at Modena and died at Padua.
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Anatomy (from the Greek ἀνατομία anatomia, from ἀνατέμνειν
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surgery (from the Greek χειρουργική meaning "hand work") is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual and instrumental treatment.
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William Harvey (April 1, 1578 – June 3, 1657) was an English medical doctor, who is credited with being the first to correctly describe, in exact detail, the properties of blood being pumped around the body by the heart.
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Adriaan van den Spiegel, name sometimes written as Adrianus Spigelius (1578 - April 7, 1625) was a Flemish anatomist who was born in Brussels. For much of his career he practiced medicine in Padua, and is considered one of the great physicians associated with that city.
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fetus (or foetus, or fœtus) is a developing mammal or other viviparous vertebrate, after the embryonic stage and before birth. The plural is fetuses (foetuses, fœtuses) or, very rarely, foeti.
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The esophagus (also spelled oesophagus/œsophagus, Greek οἰσοφάγος), or gullet
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The larynx (plural larynges), colloquially known as the voicebox, is an organ in the neck of mammals involved in protection of the trachea and sound production.
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vein is a blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart. The majority of veins in the body carry low-oxygen blood from the tissues back to the heart; the exceptions being the pulmonary and umbilical veins which both carry oxygenated blood.
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Hieronymus (Greek: Ιερόνυμος) is a Greek name that means "sacred name." It may refer to several people:
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