Gaspare Aselli

Gaspare Aselli, engraved by Cesare Bassano

Gaspare Aselli , also Gaspare Asellio (* around 1581 in Cremona , † April 14, 1626 in Milan ), was an Italian surgeon and anatomist .

Life

After studying at the University of Pavia in Milan, Aselli practiced as a surgeon, where he became professor of anatomy and surgery and an honorary citizen. From 1612 to 1620 he was the chief field surgeon of the Spanish Army in Italy. He discovered in 1622 by vivisection on dogs by chance by him as "milk containers" ( milk vein designated) lymph vessels in the mesentery. He was able to confirm his observation through systematic investigations. Aselli's research was published posthumously in Milan in 1672. The reception went comparatively quickly. The publication contained colored woodcuts to differentiate the different types of vessels. This was a first in the history of anatomy.

plant

De lactibus sive lacteis venis. Milan 1627 (reprinted 1972).

literature

P. Capparoni: Il manoscritto di GA, sulla scoperta dei vasi chiliferi . In: Bollettino Istituto Storico Italiano dell 'Arte Sanitaria , 13, 1933, pp. 299-313.
Heinz Schott (Ed.): Milestones in Medicine. Harenberg, Dortmund 1996, ISBN 3-611-00536-3 .
Daniel Schäfer : Aselli, Gasparo. In: Werner E. Gerabek u. a. (Ed.): Encyclopedia of medical history. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 110.

Web links

Publications from and about Gaspare Aselli in VD 17 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Ralf Bröer: Gaspare Aselli . In: Wolfgang U. Eckart , Christoph Gradmann (Hrsg.): Ärztelexikon. From antiquity to the 20th century . 1st edition. 1995 CH Beck, Munich, p. 25. Medical dictionary. From antiquity to the present . 2nd Edition. 2001, p. 13; 3. Edition. 2006, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg / Berlin / New York, p. 14. doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-540-29585-3 .

personal data
SURNAME	Aselli, Gaspare
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Asellio, Gaspare
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian surgeon and anatomist
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1581
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cremona
DATE OF DEATH	April 14, 1626
Place of death	Milan

[ÄL-1] Ralf Bröer: Gaspare Aselli . In: Wolfgang U. Eckart , Christoph Gradmann (Hrsg.): Ärztelexikon. From antiquity to the 20th century . 1st edition. 1995 CH Beck, Munich, p. 25. Medical dictionary. From antiquity to the present . 2nd Edition. 2001, p. 13; 3. Edition. 2006, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg / Berlin / New York, p. 14. doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-540-29585-3 .