Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti

Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti ( born June 22, 1822 in Gambarana ( Lombardy ); † October 2, 1876 in Corvino San Quirico ) was an Italian anatomist.

Life

Corti began studying medicine at the University of Pavia in 1841 and was heavily influenced by the anatomist Antonio Scarpa. In 1847 he went to the University of Vienna, where he completed his medical studies and then worked with Josef Hyrtl. 1850/51 he moved to Albert von Kölliker at the University of Würzburg, where he began to deal with the inner ear of mammals. In 1851 he discovered the actual receptor area in the inner ear, which is now named after him, the organ of Corti.

Corti was a member of numerous European scientific societies.