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Antonio Maria Valsalva

1666 - 1723

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Antonio Maria Valsalva (17 January 1666 – 2 February 1723), was an Italian anatomist born in Imola. His research focused on the anatomy of the ears. He coined the term Eustachian tube and he described the aortic sinuses of Valsalva in his writings, published posthumously in 1740. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio Maria Valsalva has received more than 87,930 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio Maria Valsalva is the 255th most popular physician (up from 278th in 2019), the 1,813th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,919th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Antonio Maria Valsalva ranks 255 out of 726. Before him are François Magendie, Horst Schumann, Sun Simiao, William Chester Minor, John O'Keefe, and Edward Bach. After him are Christian Bohr, Torsten Wiesel, Carl Værnet, Irmfried Eberl, Édouard Séguin, and Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1666, Antonio Maria Valsalva ranks 8. Before him are Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Guru Gobind Singh, Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Stephen Gray, Marie Anne de Bourbon, and Maria Sophia of Neuburg. After him are Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, Jean-Féry Rebel, Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and Mary Astell. Among people deceased in 1723, Antonio Maria Valsalva ranks 9. Before him are Christopher Wren, Dimitrie Cantemir, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Godfrey Kneller, and Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont. After him are Praskovia Saltykova, Zanabazar, Guillaume Dubois, Mariana Alcoforado, Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, and Anne Henriette of Bavaria.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Antonio Maria Valsalva ranks 1,813 out of 5,161. Before him are Luigi Pulci (1432), Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639), Margherita de' Medici (1612), Archestratus (-350), Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma (1934), and Pippo Spano (1369). After him are Giovanni Pacini (1796), Antonio Maria Abbatini (1595), Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946), Roberto Boninsegna (1943), Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802), and Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus (-91).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Antonio Maria Valsalva ranks 18. Before him are Andrea Cesalpino (1519), Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), Bernardino Ramazzini (1633), Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501), Alessandro Achillini (1463), and Hieronymus Fabricius (1533). After him are Saint Fabiola (400), Ennio Antonelli (1936), Realdo Colombo (1516), Filippo Pacini (1812), Mondino de Luzzi (1275), and Prospero Alpini (1553).

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