Corrado Tommasi-Crudeli | |
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 Bust of Tommasi-Crudeli at Gianicolo park in Rome | |
| Born | 31 January 1835 |
| Died | 31 May 1900 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Citizenship | Italian |
| Alma mater | University of Pisa |
| Spouse | Bianca Fontini |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine, pathology |
| Institutions | Sapienza University of Rome |
Senator Corrado Tommasi-Crudeli | |
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| Senato del Regno | |
| In office 10 October 1892 – 29 November 1893 | |
| President | Domenico Farini |
| Constituency | Rome |
Corrado Tommasi-Crudeli (31 January 1834 to 31 May 1900) was an Italian physician known for his works in pathology and hygiene.[1] He studied for his medical degree at the University of Pisa. He was trained in pathology under the German pathologist Rudolf Virchow. He worked in medical services at Florence, Palermo, and Rome. He was Chair of Pathology at the Sapienza University of Rome. He was known to the public for his service during cholera outbreak and in establishing hospitals, particularly the Institute for Experimental Hygiene (Istituto di Igiene Sperimentale) in Rome.[2] He was elected to Italian Senate during 1892–1893.[3] He, with Edwin Klebs, discovered that typhoid and diphtheria were caused by bacteria. However, they made a mistake in declaring that a bacterium (which they called Bacillus malariae) was also responsible for malaria.[4]
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- ^ Melino, C; Del Vecchio, R (2000). "Corrado Tommasi-Crudeli, hygienist". Annali di Igiene: Medicina Preventiva e di Comunità. 12 (6): 441–56. PMID 11235501.
- ^ "Tommasi Crudeli, Corrado". Senato della Repubblica. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ Lalchhandama, K (2014). "The making of modern malariology: from miasma to mosquito-malaria theory" (PDF). Science Vision. 14 (1): 3–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-27.