Fabricius, Hieronymus (1537–1619)
Also known as Girolamo Fabrizi or Fabricius ab Aquapendente, an Italian
physician and anatomist, the pupil of Gabriello Fallopius,
whom he succeeded as professor of anatomy at Padua in 1562, and teacher
of William Harvey. Fabricius made
a detailed study of the valves in veins (although
he misunderstood their function) and in his book Formed Fetus (1600)
described his pioneering research in embryology.
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