Corti, Alfonso

By Marcello Cherchi, MD PhD

Marquis Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti (Gambarana, Italy 1822 – Corviro San Quirico, Italy 1876) was an Italian physician who published the first detailed anatomical and cellular descriptions of the cochlea (Corti 1851) — sometimes referred to as the “organ of Corti” — and particularly the tectorial membrane and stria vascularis (Kley 1986).

Figure: Illustration of some of the anatomical and cellular features of the cochlea. From Corti (1851). See https://wellcomecollection.org/works/gfymn98q, https://wellcomecollection.org/works/gfymn98q/items?canvas=67
Figure: Illustration of some of the anatomical and cellular features of the cochlea. From Corti (1851). See https://wellcomecollection.org/works/gfymn98q, https://wellcomecollection.org/works/gfymn98q/items?canvas=67

References

Corti A (1851) Recherches sur l’organe de l’ouïe des mammifères: limaçon [Research on the hearing organ of mammals: cochlea]. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 3.

Kley W (1986) Alfonso Corti (1822-1876)–discoverer of the sensory end organ of hearing in Wurzburg. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 48: 61-7. doi: 10.1159/000275847

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