Antonio Maria Valsalva
Antonio Maria Valsalva was born on January 17, 1666. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Antonio Maria Valsalva
Antonio Maria Valsalva (17 January 1666 – 2 February 1723) was an Italian anatomist born in Imola. His research focused on the anatomy of the ears. He coined the term Eustachian tube and he described the aortic sinuses of Valsalva in his writings, published posthumously in 1740. His name is associated with the Valsalva antrum of the ear and the Valsalva maneuver, which is used as a test of circulatory function. Anatomical structures bearing his name are Valsalva’s muscle and taeniae Valsalvae. He observed that when weakness of one side of the body is caused by a lesion in the brain, the…