Berengario da Carpi and the Renaissance of Brain Anatomy

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
André Parent

Abstract

Berengario da Carpi (Jacopo Barigazzi) was born around 1460 in the small Italian town of Carpi near Modena. Berengario's father, Faustino, was a reputable barber-surgeon who initiated his son early into the art of anatomy and surgery. After his graduation from the University of Bologna in 1489, Berengario rapidly acquired an enviable reputation as a physician and surgeon following the successful treatment of several dignitaries, including Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino who suffered a severe head injury in 1517. While professor of anatomy and surgery at the University of Bologna, Berengario published in 1518 his De fractura cranei, a landmark work on cranio-cerebral surgery. Berengario's masterpiece, however, is undoubtedly his detailed Commentaria on the famous medieval anatomy treatise of Mondino de' Liuzzi (ca. 1270-1326) that he published in 1521. A shorter version entitled Isagogae Breves appeared a year later. Besides a facsimile of Mondino's work, Berengario's Commentaria contains a wealth of new information, including observations that challenged Galenic physiology. Galen taught that the rete mirabile-a vascular plexus believed to occur at the basis of the human brain-is the locus where the vital spirit is transforme...Continue Reading

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Sep 2, 2019·Neurosurgical Focus·Alessandro DarioDavide Locatelli
Sep 10, 2020·Frontiers in Neuroanatomy·Si-Yuan SongLi-Cai Zhang
Feb 14, 2021·Neurosurgical Review·A I CucuM D Turliuc
Sep 10, 2021·Neurosurgical Review·Eray DoganUğur Türe

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