The Venetian Giacinto Namias and the explanation of how the voice works. An example of scientific dissemination in the field of Italian medicine in the second half of the nineteenth century
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voice, artificial larynx, Giacinto Namias, Venice
Abstract
The letter aims to highlight the contribution of a Venetian doctor, Giacinto Namias, to the knowledge of the mechanisms of the voice in the second half of the 19th century.
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