Giacomo Pylarini
Giacomo Pylarini or Jacobus Pylarinus (Greek: Ιάκωβος Πυλαρινός; 1659–1718)[1][2] was a Greek physician and consul for the republic of Venice in Smyrna. In 1716 he became the first person to have an account of the practice of inoculation published by the Royal Society.[3][4]
Giacomo Pylarini | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1659 |
| Died | 1718 |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Known for | Inoculation |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | medicine |
He studied law and then medicine at the University of Padua before qualifying as a physician. He travelled to different parts of Asia and Africa and practised both at Smyrna and Constantinople. In Moscow he was appointed physician to the Russian Tsar Peter the Great.
He returned to Smyrna for the second time and resided there as the Venetian Consul as well as practising physician.
References
- The Clockwork Universe 1583 ce–1819 ce ISBN 978-3-540-68831-0 (Print) 978-3-540-68832-7 (Online), Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Poulakou-Rebelakou, Effie; Lascaratos, John (Aug 2003). "Emmanuel Timonis, Jacobus Pylarinus and inoculation". Journal of Medical Biography. 11 (3): 181–182. doi:10.1177/096777200301100316. PMID 12870046. S2CID 43779117.
- "A New and safe Method of communicating the Small-pox by Inoculation, lately invented and brought into use. By Jacob Pylarini" (translated and abridged from the Latin), 1809.
- Pylarinum, Jacobum (1714). "Nova et tuta variolas excitandi per transplantationem methodus, nuper inventa et in usum tracta". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 29 (347): 393–399. doi:10.1098/rstl.1714.0047. S2CID 186209354.
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