Antonio Scarpa. Scientist's contribution to the history of medical art ; Антоніо Скарпа. Внесок ученого в історію медичного мистецтва

The contribution of Italians to the medical field cannot be denied, yet, despite their discoveries and outstanding work with their results and impact, many Italian scientists still need to be remembered or known by the average physician or student and the non-medical person. The Italian scientist Antonio Scarpa significantly contributed to the development of medicine. Still, his contribution remains forgotten by many doctors and scientists, but until now, his contribution remains overlooked by many doctors and scientists, and only a few people know about the existence of such a scientist and his works. Scarpa's first discovery that made him famous was far from the femoral triangle. In his studies, Antonio Scarpa was the first to describe the membranous labyrinth of the ear and the vestibular ganglion. He published his first work "Anatomical observations on the structure of the round window of the ear, or the secondary tympanic membrane." Scarpa began researching the nervous system and published his observations on the anatomy of the ganglia and plexuses in 1779, a forerunner of his most important work, a neurological atlas published in 1794. In addition to all his skills, Antonio Scarpa was also a talented artist. All the drawings in his works were made by him personally. He later passed on this skill, and this part of the work, to his student Faustino Anderloni. All of Scarpa's discoveries were illustrated by him and his student, and in anatomy there are many eponyms associated with the name of Antonio Scarpa: Scarpa's triangle, Scarpa's fascia, Scarpa's fluid, Scarpa's nerve and Scarpa's sheath. It is simply impossible to overestimate Antonio Scarpa's contribution to medicine, just as it is impossible to estimate the scale of the scientist's mark on the pages of history. Scarpa's discoveries became the starting point for hundreds of other studies and works, and his works became educational aids for future doctors and scientists decades after their publication and even after Scarpa's death. ; Внесок італійців у ...