Antonio Pacchioni (13 June 1665 – 5 November 1726) was an Italian scientist and anatomist, who focused chiefly on the outermost meningeal layer of the brain, the dura mater.thumb|Illustration for the review of Disquisitio anatomicae de durae meningis... published on [[Acta Eruditorum in 1703]]
thumb|Illustration for the review of Dissertatio epistolaris de Glandulis... published on [[Acta Eruditorum in 1706]]
Pacchioni's granulations (or Pacchionian bodies), where the arachnoid layer protrudes through the dura, are named after him (although they are now generally known as arachnoid granulations).
Biography
Pacchioni studied medicine at the university of his native city, Reggio Emilia , obtaining his degree on April 25, 1688. The next year he moved to Rome to devote himself to anatomy in particular; he spent his most productive years in Rome. He was a friend and student of Marcello Malpighi (1628–1694), who lived in Rome from 1691 to 1694. First attending the Santo Spirito in Sassia Hospital, he was an assistant physician at the Ospedale della Conzolazione from May 26, 1690 to June 3, 1693, and then remained for six years in Tivoli as the town doctor.
Works
(Books are kept at exclusive libraries such as the Harvard Medical Library)