Edoardo Perroncito

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Edoardo Bellarmino Perroncito (10 March 1847, Viale in the Province of Asti – 4 November 1936) was an Italian parasitologist. He was the father of pathologist Aldo Perroncito (1882–1929).

He earned his degree in veterinary medicine, and in 1879 he became a professor of parasitology to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Turin.[1]

Remembered for his extensive research of Ancylostoma duodenale (hookworm), in 1880 he determined that hookworm was the cause of anemia being suffered by workmen building the St. Gotthard railway tunnel.[2][3] He was the first to recommend using an extract of the male fern as a remedy for the disease.[4][5]

Selected writings

  • L'anemia dei contadini, fornaciai e minatori in rapporto coll'attuale epidemia negli operai del Gottardo. Studi ed osservazioni, profilassi e cura, 1881 - The anemia of farmers, miners and kiln workers in relation to the epidemic of the St. Gotthard workers. Study and observation, prevention and remedy.
  • La Tubercolosi dei bovini in rapporto alla tubercolosi umana, 1903 - Tuberculosis in cattle in relation to human tuberculosis.
  • La malattia dei minatori, dal S. Gottardo al Sempione, una questione risolta, 1909 - The disease of miners, St. Gotthard to Simplon, a settled issue.[6]
The standard author abbreviation Perronc. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Statement based on a translation from an equivalent article at the Italian Wikipedia
  2. ↑ Antimicrobial Drugs: Chronicle of a twentieth century medical triumph by David Greenwood
  3. ↑ Stanford.edu Hookworm: Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus
  4. ↑ Who Goes First?: The Story of Self-Experimentation in Medicine by Lawrence K. Altman
  5. ↑ Treccani.it (biographical information)
  6. ↑ WorldCat Titles (publications)
  7. ↑ [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Perronc. "Author Query for 'Perronc.'"]. International Plant Names Index. 

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