Pietro Grocco (27 June 1856,

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) was an Italian physician.

Background

In 1879 Grocco received his medical doctorate from the University of Pavia, afterwards continuing his education in Paris and Vienna. In 1884 he was appointed director of special pathology at the University of Perugia, followed by an appointment as chair of clinical medicine at

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(1888). From 1892 Grocco served as a professor in Florence, where among his many accomplishments, he founded a rabies institute. In 1892 he was also named government inspector and medical director of the baths at Montecatini.

Grocco's Triangle

In 1902 he described "Grocco's triangle", a triangular area of paravertebral dullness on the side opposite a pleural effusion. His name is also associated with "Grocco's sign", defined as acute dilatation of the heart following a muscle effort.Grocco's sign
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Selected writings

* ''Triangolo paravertebrale opposto nella pleurite essudativa''. Lavori dei congressi di medicina interna, Rome, 1902, 12 (1903): 190. - Grocco's triangle described. * ''Lezioni di clinica medica''. Milan, 1905 - Lessons of clinical medicine.

References

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@ Who Named It {{DEFAULTSORT:Grocco, Pietro 1856 births 1916 deaths People from the Province of Pavia University of Pavia alumni Academic staff of the University of Perugia Academic staff of the University of Pisa Academic staff of the University of Florence 19th-century Italian physicians