Edoardo Perroncito Explained

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]} 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).^{[6] [7]}

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.^[8]

External links

• Science Photo Library (photograph of Perroncito).

Notes and References

1. Statement based on a translation from an equivalent article at the Italian Wikipedia
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=i4_FZHmzjzwC&dq=%22Edoardo+Perroncito%22+Bozzolo&pg=PA320 Antimicrobial Drugs: Chronicle of a twentieth century medical triumph
3. http://www.stanford.edu/group/parasites/ParaSites2009/PinedaANDYang_Hookworm/PinedaANDYang_Hookworm.htm Stanford.edu
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=V1jwt-P8FjoC&dq=%22Edoardo+Perroncito%22+fern&pg=PA164 Who Goes First?: The Story of Self-Experimentation in Medicine
5. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/edoardo-perroncito/ Treccani.it
6. Alexander. D. J.. Brown. I. H.. April 2009. History of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Revue Scientifique et Technique (International Office of Epizootics). 28. 1. 19–38. 10.20506/rst.28.1.1856. 0253-1933. 19618616. free.
7. Tan. HK. Chew. N. Chew. KT. Peh. WC. October 2014. Clinics in diagnostic imaging (156). Singapore Medical Journal. 55. 10. 517–521. 10.11622/smedj.2014133. 25631891. 4293960. 0037-5675. free.
8. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91-93852 WorldCat Titles