Carlo Forlanini
Italian physician (1847-1918) · Italy · On the map · Doctors · Died at 70
Carlo Forlanini was a medical doctor and professor at the Universities of Turin and Pavia. He was also the inventor of artificial pneumothorax, which was the primary treatment method of pulmonary tuberculosis for the first half of the 20th century and remained in use for severe cases of tuberculosis into the 1970s.
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Carlo Forlanini's hyperbaric chamber in the "Museo per la Storia dell'Università di Pavia", Pavia
Forlanini administering artificial pneumothorax
Pneumo device - a picture of Forlanini's apparatus for the artificial pneumothorax
Pneumo device - a diagram of the most essential parts of the device
Carlo Forlanini Institute, Rome, ItalyAbout this person
Country
Italy
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1847 to 1918 · aged 70
