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Fallopius
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Fallopius (fəlō`pēəs), Ital. Gabriello or Gabriele Fallopio (gäbrēĕl`lō, gäbrēā`lā fäl-lō`pyō), 1523–62, Italian anatomist; pupil and successor of Andreas Vesalius and teacher of Hieronymous Fabricius at Padua. His important discoveries include the fallopian tubes, leading from uterus to ovaries. His collected works were published at Venice in 1584.

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Thus it is apparent to what extent the great Gabriele Fallopio wrestles with the Galenic tradition, according to which women also had seed in their genital fluids, although less than men.
 
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