Edoardo Bellarmino Perroncito (10 March 1847, Viale in the

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– 4 November 1936) was an Italian parasitologist. He was the father of

pathologist Pathology is the study of the causal, causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when us ...

Aldo Perroncito (1882–1929). He earned his degree in

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, and in 1879 he became a professor of parasitology to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the

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. Remembered for his extensive research of ''

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'' (

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), in 1880 he determined that hookworm was the cause of

anemia Anemia or anaemia (British English) is a blood disorder in which the blood has a reduced ability to carry oxygen due to a lower than normal number of red blood cells, or a reduction in the amount of hemoglobin. When anemia comes on slowly, th ...

being suffered by workmen building the St. Gotthard railway tunnel. He was the first to recommend using an extract of the male

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as a remedy for the disease. In 1878 he identified the highly contagious disease of domestic fowl which is considered to be the first historical record of avian influenza (initially known as a fowl plague).

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

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. * ''La malattia dei minatori, dal S. Gottardo al Sempione, una questione risolta'', 1909 - The disease of miners, St. Gotthard to Simplon, a settled issue.WorldCat Titles
(publications)

References

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(photograph of Perroncito). {{DEFAULTSORT:Perroncito, Edoardo Italian parasitologists Italian veterinarians 1936 deaths 1847 births People from the Province of Asti Academic staff of the University of Turin