Antonio Musa Brassavola (variously spelled Brasavoli, Brasavola, or Brasavoli; 16 January 1500 – 1555) was an Italian physician and one of the most famous of his time. He studied under

Niccolò Leoniceno Niccolò Leoniceno (1428–1524) was an Italian physician and humanist. Biography Leoniceno was born in Lonigo, Veneto, the son of a doctor. He studied Greek in Vicenza under Ognibene da Lonigo (in Latin: ''Omnibonus Leonicenus'') (Lonigo, 1 ...

and Giovanni Manardo. He was the friend and

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of Ercole II, the duke of Este. He was also the consulting physician of Kings

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and

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Paul III,

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and Julius III. He performed the first successful

tracheotomy Tracheotomy (, ), or tracheostomy, is a surgical airway management procedure which consists of making an incision (cut) on the anterior aspect (front) of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea (windpipe). The r ...

, and published an account of it in 1546. He was the chair of

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in Ferrara and also studied

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and

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. A

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orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of floweri ...

, called

Brassavola ''Brassavola'' is a genus of 21 orchids (family Orchidaceae). They were named in 1813 by the Scottish botanist Robert Brown. The name comes from the Italian nobleman and physician Antonio Musa Brassavola. This genus is abbreviated B. in trade jo ...

, is named after him.Ingrid Schmidt-Ostrande
Orchid's Names another Little Essay
The Journal of the Canadian Orchid Congress. Volume 16.4 September 2004

Writings (selection)

* ''Examen omnium simplicium medicamentorum, quorum in officinis usus est.'' Jean & François Frellon, Lyon, 1537 * ''Examen omnium syruporum'', 154
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* ''In octo libros aphorismorum Hippocratis & Galeni commentaria & annotationes'', 1541 * ''In libros de ratione victus in morbis acutis Hippocratis & Galeni commentaria & annotationes'', 1546 * ''Examen omnium electuariorum.'' Venice, ex Officina Erasmiana Vincentii Valgrisii, 154
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* ''Index refertissimus in omnes Galeni libros'', 1556 His writings consist of works in the fields of medicine and botany. He also wrote extensively about the physician

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History of the tracheotomy which has a picture of Brassavola
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brassavola, Antonio Muso 16th-century Italian physicians 16th-century Italian botanists 1500 births 1555 deaths Year of death unknown