Domenico Felice Antonio Cotugno (January 29, 1736 – October 6, 1822) was an Italian physician .
15-473: Cotugno is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Domenico Cotugno (1736–1822) Italian physician, active in Naples Guillermo Cotugno , Uruguayan footballer Nicolás Cotugno , Uruguayan cleric [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Cotugno . If an internal link intending to refer to
30-619: A family of humble means, Cotugno underwent physical and economic hardships to get an education. He was sent to nearby Molfetta for training in Latin , returning to Ruvo for work in logic , metaphysics , mathematics , physics , and the natural sciences . He soon found his natural bent in medicine and continued his studies from 1753 at the University of Naples , and in 1756 graduated from Salerno medical school . He received his doctorate in philosophy and physics in 1755, and became an assistant at
45-519: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cotugno&oldid=1158344868 " Categories : Surnames Italian-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Domenico Cotugno Born at Ruvo di Puglia ( Province of Bari , Apulia ) into
60-444: A theory of resonance and hearing . Cotugno wrote a classic monograph on sciatic neuralgia, and is also credited with the discovery of the cerebrospinal fluid in 1774. He investigated smallpox , was deeply concerned with controlling pulmonary tuberculosis , and exemplified to many students the true investigative and selfless spirit in anatomy and medicine. Among his pupils were the surgeon Bruno Amantea , Niccola Andria , and
75-770: The Ospedale degli Incurabili (Neapolitan Hospital for Incurables). In 1761 he became professor of surgery at that hospital, and was subsequently for 30 years professor of anatomy at the high school of Naples . In 1808 he was appointed royal physician to the King of Naples. He ceased lecturing in 1814, and suffered a cerebral embolism in 1818 that recurred in 1822, resulting in his death. In 1765 he made trips to Rome and northern Italy to visit libraries and men of science, including Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682–1771), and in 1789 he travelled to Austria and Germany as physician to Ferdinand IV , king of Naples. An outstanding example of
90-527: The cochlea , and low frequencies near the base ( Domenico Cotugno had to turn this around in 1760 ). In 1683 , Duverney identified a temporal bone tumor, which is believed to be the earliest description of cholesteatoma . He realized the importance of the Eustachian tube and its role in adjusting air pressure in the tympanic cavity . However, he believed that the Eustachian tube was always open, acting as
105-512: The Duverney fracture. Du Verney was a native of Feurs in the province of Forez . His father Jacques Duverny was a doctor in the small community Feurs. His mother was born Antoinette Pittre. His two other older brothers studied medicine and he too studied at the University of Avignon , where in 1667 he obtained his medical degree. Shortly afterwards, he relocated to Paris where he was active in
120-556: The Royal Academy but this was challenged by Pierre Chirac (1648–1732), supervisor at the Jardin who said the specimens belonged to the King. Duverney published one of the earliest comprehensive works on otology (Paris, 1683 ): Traité de l'organe de l'ouie, contenant la structure, les usages et les maladies de toutes les parties de l'oreille (Treatise on the organ of hearing, containing the structure, function, and diseases of all parts of
135-507: The circle of Abbé Pierre Michon Bourdelot where he came into contact with Claude Perrault . He became known for his assiduous anatomical dissections apart from dealing with patients. In 1676 he became the anatomist at the Royal Academy of Sciences to replace Louis Gayant (died 1673) and Jean Pecquet (died 1674). He began to dissect and compare a wide range of animals including fish with Philippe de La Hire . He also received animals from
150-405: The ear). In the book he discusses the anatomy , physiology and diseases associated with the ear . Duverney's theory of hearing (which he conceived with the help of physicist Edme Mariotte ) was fundamentally similar to what physiologist Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894) later proposed in the mid-19th century, except that he thought that high frequency would resonate near the apex of
165-466: The future military doctor Antonio Savaresi . The Ospedale Domenico Cotugno , hospital in Naples is named for him. Guichard Joseph Duverney Joseph Guichard Duverney or Joseph-Guichard Du Verney (5 August 1648 – 10 September 1730) was a French anatomist known for his work in comparative anatomy and for his treatise on the ear. The fracture of the iliac wing of the pelvis is sometimes called
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#1732909686620180-427: The knowledge of this nerve. In the same year his anatomical dissertation De aquaeductibus auris humane internae , following the work of Guichard Joseph Duverney and Antonio Maria Valsalva and anticipating that of Hermann von Helmholtz , described the vestibule , semicircular canals , and cochlea of the osseus labyrinth of the internal ear , demonstrated the existence of the labyrinthine fluid , and formulated
195-424: The physician–humanist, Cotugno was devoted to books and accumulated a large library, was well versed in art , architecture , numismatics , and antiquities , and had a great facility in the Latin language . A Freemason , in 1761 Cotugno published for distribution to friends a plate that traced the course of the nasopalatine nerve , which is responsible for sneezing. Antonio Scarpa acknowledged his priority in
210-422: The renewal of anatomical studies. Some of his students included Pierre Dionis (1643-1718), Jacques-Bénigne Winslow (1669-1760), Jean-Baptiste Sénac (1693-1770) and François-Joseph Hunauld (1701-1742). Towards the end of his life he was working on hearing and the ear with Jacques Bénigne Winslow. He died from heart complications. Several works were published posthumously. He willed his anatomical specimens to
225-505: The royal menagerie for dissections, and in 1681 he dissected an elephant from the court of King Louis XIV . In 1682 he became a demonstrator of anatomy at the Jardin du Roi . In 1676 he became a member of the Académie des sciences . He is considered by many to be the founder of scientific otology . Alongside Claude Perrault (1613-1688) and Jean Pecquet (1622-1674), he was influential in
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