Nunziante Ippolito

Nunziante Ippolito (Nunciante; 1796–1851) was an Italian physician and anatomist. He studied in Naples and worked in one of the most important hospitals of the Reign of Two Sicilies and Europe, the Ospedale degli Incurabili. He worked also at Pellegrini hospital and at the University of Naples. Ippolito died in 1851.

Nunziante Ippolito
Born	March 24, 1796 Naples
Died	1851 Naples
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	University of Naples
Scientific career
Fields	physician and anatomist

Velpeau, who read an article,^[1] demonstrated that he was the first who used the ligature of the vertebral artery and indicated how to find it.^[2]

Bibliography

• Sulla legatura dell'arteria vertebrale ne' casi di aneurismi e di ferite della stessa, Annali clinici dell'Ospedale degl'Incurabili, I [1835]
• Trattato di anatomia, 1842
• Una bizzarra anomalia delle parti sessuali, 1845