1. Gaspare Aselli was born in Cremona of a wealthy patrician family.
11 Facts About Gaspare Aselli
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Gaspare Aselli attended the University of Pavia, where he obtained degrees in medicine, surgery and philosophy.
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Gaspare Aselli continued his studies in Milan, where he practiced medicine with great distinction.
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Gaspare Aselli became professor of anatomy and surgery at the University of Pavia shortly before his death in 1625 at the age of 44.
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Gaspare Aselli is buried in Milan, in the church of San Pietro Celestino, near Porta Venezia.
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Gaspare Aselli observed that the vessels were filled only after digestion, at other times being scarcely visible.
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Gaspare Aselli recognised the presence of valves in these vessels and showed that they prevented a backward flow.
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Gaspare Aselli drew up, but never published, an account of his discovery.
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Gaspare Aselli's work was later reprinted several times all over Europe: Basel, Leiden, Amsterdam.
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Shortly before De motu cordis appeared, Gaspare Aselli anticipated William Harvey's monumental discovery of the circulation of the blood.
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The experimentation on living animals, and particularly the vivisection used by Gaspare Aselli provided the basis for much of the subsequent investigation of the human physiology.