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Dominico Cotugno was born in Ruvo Pugliese on January 29, 1736. In 1756, he graduated in Medicine from the Medical School in Salerno. In 1761, Cotugno published the "Aquaeductibus auris humanae internae anatomica dissertatio" ("Anatomical dissertation on acqueducts of the human inner ear") in which he provided the first detailed description of aqueducts of the vestibule and cochlea and formulated the theory of resonance subsequently resumed by Helmholtz. Cotugno gave also the first description of the naso-palatine nerve and of its role in sneezing. In 1764, he published "Commentarius de ischiade nervosa" ("Remarks on nervous ischialgia") advancing the hypothesis that some acrid fluid might penetrate the sheaths of the sciatic nerve. In 1766, he was appointed Professor of Anatomy at the University of Naples. In 1769, he published "De sedibus variolarum syntagma" ("Investigation on the localization of variola pustules"). Furthermore, he discovered albuminuria about a half century before Bright and was also one of the first scientists to identify urea in human urine. He died at the age of 86 in 1822.
多米尼科·科图尼奥于1736年1月29日出生在鲁沃普利亚ese。1756年，他从萨勒诺医学院毕业，获得医学学位。1761年，科图尼奥发表了《人体内耳导水管的解剖学论文》，其中他首次详细描述了前庭和耳蜗的导水管，并提出了后来由亥姆霍兹重新阐述的共振理论。科图尼奥还首次描述了鼻腭神经及其在打喷嚏中的作用。1764年，他发表了《坐骨神经痛评论》，提出某种刺激性液体可能穿透坐骨神经鞘的假说。1766年，他被任命为那不勒斯大学解剖学教授。1769年，他发表了《天花脓疱定位研究》。此外，他比布莱特早大约半个世纪发现了蛋白尿，也是最早在人尿中鉴定出尿素的科学家之一。他于1822年去世，享年86岁。
