Codice albumGBB-F-008109

Codice inventarioGBB-F-008109-0000

1890 ca, ITALY: The celebrated Italian physician and inventor CARLO FORLANINI (1847 1918). He was the elder brother of aviation pioneer Enrico Forlanini. Forlanini specialized in research of tuberculosis and respiratory disorders. In the 1880s he constructed an apparatus for inducing artificial pneumothorax ("collapsed lung") as a therapeutic treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.

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