Biographical Sketch of Anthony Scarpa. J^41 



translated into the French language by Mr Cayol in 1812, has 

 been considerably augmented in a new Italian edition, in which 

 the various memoirs published separately have been re-written. 

 He published a supplement to his Treatise on Hernia two or 

 three years afterwards, to which he added his researches on that 

 of the perineum. These works, which were translated into the 

 French language by Mr Olivier, form the completion of the 

 translation by Mr Cayol.* 



From that time his reputation became so great that he was 

 afterwards regarded as the oracle of surgery. 



Napoleon, as king of Italy, named him successively, ChevaHer 

 of the Iron Crown, and Member of the Legion of Honour. 

 The Emperor Francis I., who succeeded Napoleon in these 

 States, decorated him with that of the Cross. Thus did every 

 sovereign and every government express the regard and esteem 

 which they had for this great man. 



In concurrence with the desire of Joseph II., and by way 

 of showing his gratitude to his Maecenas, he, with his friend 

 and colleague Volta, undertook a journey to Vienna. This 

 prince received Scarpa and his illustrious companion with that 

 courtesy and affability which are the peculiar characteristics of 

 the present family ; — to aid science, he induced these learned 

 men to extend their journey through the whole of northern Ger- 

 many, and besides furnished them munificently with all the pe- 

 cuniary assistance which could favour such a project. 



In 1820 he undertook a journey through southern Italy, but 

 merely with the intention of travelling as an amateur of science 

 and the fine arts, as an admirer of the beauties of nature, which 

 were about to develope themselves before his eyes ; and it must 

 be admitted, that he required the strongest discretion to escape 

 the continual solicitations of those who wished to consult him. 

 In this manner he traversed Tuscany, the Papal States, and 

 the kingdom of Naples ; it was in this classic land that he ap- 

 peased, as it were, the inextinguishable thirst which he had for 

 acquiring additional knowledge, and perfected the admirable 



• I cannot avoid noticing here, that Dr Wishart of Edinburgh is the faith- 

 ful and elegant translator into the English language of Scarpa's works, and 

 that he was also his iriend. 



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