Girolamo Fabrici d’Acquapendente’s “nasogastric tube”. Strategies for artificial nutrition between the XVI and XVII centuries

Girolamo Fabrici d’Acquapendente’s “nasogastric tube”. Strategies for artificial nutrition between the XVI and XVII centuries

Authors

  • Paolo Zampetti Università di Pavia - Società Italiana di Storia dell'Odontostomatologia SISOS
  • Andrea Cozza Medical Humanities, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy
  • Maurizio Rippa Bonati Medical Humanities, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy

Keywords:

Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente, nasogastric tube, artificial nutrition

Abstract

The contribution focuses on the idea proposed by Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente to use a nasogastric tube to feed patients who are unable to open their mouths and independently take food and drinks.

Author Biographies

Paolo Zampetti, Università di Pavia - Società Italiana di Storia dell'Odontostomatologia SISOS

Docente di Storia dell'Odontoiatria nel Corso di Laurea in Odontoiatria e Protesi Dentaria dell'Università degli Studi di Pavia e Presidente della Società Italiana di Storia dell'Odontostomatologia SISOS

Andrea Cozza, Medical Humanities, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy

Phd student, Università di Padova

Maurizio Rippa Bonati, Medical Humanities, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy

Professore associato di Storia della Medicina, Università di Padova

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Published

11-11-2020

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2020)

Section

Letter to Editor: History of Medicine

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Zampetti P, Cozza A, Rippa Bonati M. Girolamo Fabrici d’Acquapendente’s “nasogastric tube”. Strategies for artificial nutrition between the XVI and XVII centuries. Med Histor [Internet]. 2020 Nov. 11 [cited 2025 Mar. 10];4(2):e2020005. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/MedHistor/article/view/9420