Italian anatomist Antonio Maria Valsalva was born January 17, 1666. He named the Eustachian tube, or the auditory tube of the inner ear.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
History, Horoscope, and Hearsay
"All my griefs to this are jolly,
Naught so damned as melancholy."
-- Robert Burton
from The Anatomy of Melancholy
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