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fallopius, gabriel - definition from Biology-Online.org |
 | | Fallopius (Fallopio) of Modena, a loyal pupil of Vesalius and successor of the Chair at Padua (1551) discovered and described the ovaries, tubes (Fallopian), vagina, placenta, chorda tympani, and the fifth, sixth, and ninth cranial nerves. |
 | | Fallopius' great work was the "Observations in Anatomy," which corrected some errors in the "Fabrica," and was first published in Venice in 156l. |
 | | Fallopius, at the age of 24, became Professor of Anatomy at Ferrara, then in 1548 at Pisa, and finally at Padua in 1551, where he was followed by his pupil, Gerolamo Fabrizio d 'Acqueperdente, better known by the name Fabricius. |
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