Niccolò Massa

Niccolò Massa (1485–1569) was an Italian anatomist who wrote an early anatomy text Anatomiae Libri Introductorius in 1536. In 1536 he described the cerebrospinal fluid.

References

• Introduction to Northwestern University translation of book one of Andreas Vesalius' De Humani Corporis Fabrica, 2003.
• Introduction by Vivian Nutton. Free full text of first book.