- Atto Tigri
Atto Tigri (1813-1875) was an Italian
anatomist . He studied medicine inPistoia and at theUniversity of Pisa , where he became an assistant toFilippo Civinini (1805-1844). Later he was a professor of human andcomparative anatomy at theUniversity of Siena .In the late 1840s, Tigri is credited for providing the first comprehensive description of the reticular tissue of the
spleen , which he called "trama microscopica". He also did extensive research regarding the circulation ofblood in the spleen. In a treatise titled "Nuova Disposizione dell' Apparecchio Vascolare Sanguigno della Milza Umana", he provided an early discussion oftuberculosis andvibrio cholerae .Selected writings
* "Della Funzione della Milza" (1849)
* "Nuova Disposizione dell' Apparecchio Vascolare Sanguigno della Milza Umana" (1847)References
* [http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/genscheda.asp?appl=LST&xsl=biografia&lingua=ENG&chiave=300558 Short Biography of Atto Tigri]
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