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The role of the University of Padua medical school in the study of conjoined twins between 18th and early 19th century

The Medical School of Padua (Italy) contributed profoundly to the study of teratology. Many famous physicians and professors of medicine, such as Liceti, Vallisneri, Morgagni, and Malacarne, have studied and investigated these anomalies to better understand the causes and to find a potential explana...

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Autores principales: Magno, Giovanni, Boer, Lucas L., Oostra, Roelof‐Jan, Zanatta, Alberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9804661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35950294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.62938
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author Magno, Giovanni
Boer, Lucas L.
Oostra, Roelof‐Jan
Zanatta, Alberto
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description The Medical School of Padua (Italy) contributed profoundly to the study of teratology. Many famous physicians and professors of medicine, such as Liceti, Vallisneri, Morgagni, and Malacarne, have studied and investigated these anomalies to better understand the causes and to find a potential explanation, often preserving the specimens for future studies. The present study highlights some historical cases of conjoined twins and a conjoined triplet preserved at the Morgagni Museum of Human Anatomy to show the development of medical theories in the teratological field between the 18th and early 19th century. This approach will provide insights into different study methods and ideas of some of the most famous scholars working in Padua at that time. The current article focuses on rare cases, both human and animal, that were encountered by physicians who worked in the Veneto area in the late 18th and early 19th century. Their detailed descriptions are not only of historical but also of contemporary dysmorphological value.
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spelling pubmed-98046612023-01-06 The role of the University of Padua medical school in the study of conjoined twins between 18th and early 19th century Magno, Giovanni Boer, Lucas L. Oostra, Roelof‐Jan Zanatta, Alberto Am J Med Genet A Original Articles The Medical School of Padua (Italy) contributed profoundly to the study of teratology. Many famous physicians and professors of medicine, such as Liceti, Vallisneri, Morgagni, and Malacarne, have studied and investigated these anomalies to better understand the causes and to find a potential explanation, often preserving the specimens for future studies. The present study highlights some historical cases of conjoined twins and a conjoined triplet preserved at the Morgagni Museum of Human Anatomy to show the development of medical theories in the teratological field between the 18th and early 19th century. This approach will provide insights into different study methods and ideas of some of the most famous scholars working in Padua at that time. The current article focuses on rare cases, both human and animal, that were encountered by physicians who worked in the Veneto area in the late 18th and early 19th century. Their detailed descriptions are not only of historical but also of contemporary dysmorphological value. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022-08-10 2022-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9804661/ /pubmed/35950294 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.62938 Text en © 2022 The Authors. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9804661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35950294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.62938
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