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Nicolas Landolfi
19th century Italian physician.
Associated eponyms:
Landolfi's papillary pulse
Rhythmic pupillary dilation coincident with the pulse suggests aortic insufficiency (Landolfi's sign).
Landolfi's sign
Rhythmic oscillations of the pupil – in which there is systolic contraction and diastolic dilatation of the pupil as a result of aortic insufficiency.
Biography:
We are uncfertain whether Nicolas Landolfi is the same Landolfi who in 1845 launched an etching paste for the cure of cancer wounds.
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