1. Vincenzo Tiberio was an Italian researcher and medical officer of the Medical Corps of the Italian Navy and physician at the University of Naples.
13 Facts About Vincenzo Tiberio
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Vincenzo Tiberio was born in Sepino on May 1,1869.
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Vincenzo Tiberio's father, Domenicantonio, was a notary; his mother, Filomena Guacci, came from an upper-middle-class family.
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Vincenzo Tiberio went on to study at the Medicine and Surgery University of Naples.
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Vincenzo Tiberio graduated in 1893 and immediately applied to the Health Officials at the Institute of Hygiene.
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Vincenzo Tiberio started his service on January 1,1896, with the rank of second class doctor, on January 10 he was assigned to the 3rd department.
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When Vincenzo Tiberio attended the faculty of medicine and surgery in Naples, he moved to Arzano in the house of his aunt.
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Vincenzo Tiberio noticed that, when the well was cleaned off, the inhabitants of the house had enteritis; if molds were allowed growing, no cases of enteritis were registered.
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Vincenzo Tiberio hypothesized about the relationship between the absence of molds and the growth of pathogenic bacteria in the intestine.
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Vincenzo Tiberio identified three species of molds: Aspergillus flavescens, Penicillium glaucum, and Mucor mucedo.
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Vincenzo Tiberio then prepared an aqueous extract of the individual fungi and studied their action on some bacteria.
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The research done by Vincenzo Tiberio was a complete scientific cycle of experiments.
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Vincenzo Tiberio managed to evaluate the effective doses and time of the antibiotic efficacy.