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Adolfo Biondi

Born  1846
Died  1917

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Italian pathologist, 1846-1917.

Biography of Adolfo Biondi

Biondi was a teacher at the medical faculty in Napoli, where he died in 1917.

Bibliography

  • Vade-mecum per l' esame obbiettivo del petto e dell' addome.
    Napoli, Stadilimento Tipografico dill' aycora, 1879. 2nd edition, 1884. 354 pages.
  • Trattato di semiotica medica. Milano, Francesco Vallardi, 1887. 580 pages.
  • Manuale di clinica medica. Milano, 1897. 6th edition, 1903.

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