Bartolomeo Eustachi

Bartolomeo Eustachi, Latin Eustachius (* 1500-1513 in San Severino Marche near Macerata, † August 27 1574 in Umbria ) was an Italian physician and one of the founders of the anatomy.

Eustachi lived from 1549 in Rome, where he taught at the Collegia della Sapienza, which later became the University of Rome. He explored and described many structures of the human body, including the Eustachian tube, the kidneys, the uterus, and - as the first - the adrenal glands. In 1552, nine years after Vesalius, he wrote a textbook of anatomy, the Tabulae anatomicae. The book, which was first published in 1714, contained a remarkable collection of anatomical drawings and was more accurate than the work of Vesalius in some respects.

Named after Eustachian Eustachian tube may have been already about 2000 years ago discovered by the Greek natural philosopher Alcmaeon, said to have been also a practicing physician.