Ettore Marchiafava
Ettore Marchiafava (born January 3, 1847 in Rome , † October 24, 1935 ibid) was an Italian physician, pathologist and neurologist.
Marchiafava studied in Rome and received his doctorate there in 1872. He was assistant to the chair for pathological anatomy of Tommasi Crudeli (1834-1900).
Marchiafava became professor of medicine in Rome in 1917.
Marchiafava-Micheli anemia or Marchiafava-Micheli syndrome is named after Marchiafava, see paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria , as well as Marchiafava-Bignami syndrome (synonym: corpus callosum atrophy ).
In 1933 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
Works
- with Giuseppe Cuboni: Nuovi studi sulla natura della malaria. Rome 1881
- with Angelo Celli : Further research on malaria infection. Progress of Medicin, Munich, 1885, 3: 787-806. (First detailed description of the malaria plasmodium discovered by Alphonse Laveran in 1880. Here the name P. malariae is used first.)
- Sul parasita delle febbre gravi estivo-autunnali. Rome 1889
- with Angelo Celli: About the malaria fever in Rome. Berlin 1890
- with Amico Bignmi: Sopra un 'alterazione del corpo calloso osservata da sogetti alcoolisti. Riv Patol Nerv Ment 1903; 8: 544-549
- with Amico Bignami : La infezione malarica. Milan 1903, new edition 1931
- La perniciositè della malaria. Rome 1928
- La credità in patologia. Turin 1930
Web links
- Ettore Marchiafava at www.whonamedit.com (Engl.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marchiafava, Ettore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian medic, pathologist and neurologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1935 |
| Place of death | Rome |