Antonio Scarpa (born May 9, 1752, in Lorenzaga di Motta di Livenza; died October 31, 1832, in Pavia) was an Italian anatomist and professor at Pavia and Modena. May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Church San Michele in Pavia Pavia (the ancient Ticinum) (population 71,000) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. ... Greek anatome, from ana-temnein, to cut up), is the branch of biology that deals with the structure and organization of living things; thus there is animal anatomy (zootomy) and plant anatomy (phytonomy). ... Location within Italy Modena is a city and a province on the south side of the Po valley, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ...

Scarpa began studying medicine at the age of fourteen. He was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Morgagni and Marc Antonio Caldani. Under the former, he became doctor of medicine on May 19, 1770; 1772 he became professor at the University of Modena. Medicine on the Web NLM (National Library of Medicine, contains resources for patients and healthcare professionals) Virtual Hospital (digital health sciences library by the University of Iowa) Online Medical Dictionary Collection of links to free medical resources Categories: Medicine | Health ... Giovanni Battista Morgagni (February 25, 1682 - December 6, 1771), Italian anatomist, was born on at ForIi. ... The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia is one of the oldest universities in Italy, with a population of more than 16 thousand students. ...

Eponyms

• Scarpa's fascia
• Scarpa's fluid
• Scarpa's foramina
• Scarpa's ganglion
• Scarpa's hiatus
• Scarpa's membrane
• Scarpa's sheath
• Scarpa's shoe
• Scarpa's staphyloma
• Scarpa's triangle

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