Bif)g¥aphiml Sketch of Aniliony ScarpSl 2#5 



and sweetness full of attraction. These rare qualities easily s^,' 

 cured him every heart, and surrounded him with venferation. 



His an&tomy"wa& rtdt reisitricted to a shanple and uninteresting 

 description of the organs; he khew^ Bow'tO' embellish it with 

 physiological and surgical reflections of the greatest interest. 

 Thus, not only were his lectures resorted to by a crowd of 

 young people who studied the medical scienct's',' b«t-he also enu- 

 merated among his auditors, physicians aild distinguished sur- 

 geons, as well as learned men quite- unconnected with the healil 

 ing affti ^i9V a«w ari ; o*£ odj to eimid sdj no uoigntirri iu'tiiunsd 



Scarpa was taTl, well'nfia'd^, eirtd' might have been considefecT 

 handsome. His manner was full of grace : in society he was 

 extremely agreeable when he chose ; but when he was not 

 called upon to do the honours of his house, and found himself 

 in a company which was indifferent to him, then absorbed in 

 his thoughts, sitting apart, his chin resting on the head of his 

 cane, his legs across, silent, and immoveable ^hfe'ibright have 

 been taken for a statue. '»„.,;; 



He was ardently attached tb the pleasures of the chase, W 

 which he acquired unusual address: In all pr6bability it was 

 to this exercise that he was indebted for part of his strength, and 

 of that suppleness, of that activity in his limbs, which he retain- 

 ed even to the most advanced age. His place of retirement 

 and living in the country, were his great passion : he was in the 

 habit of spending his autumnal vacations in his charming man- 

 sion of Bonasco, situated on a delightful hill on the other side of 

 the Po ; there he appropriated his mornings to the composition' 

 of his chirurgical works, the rest of the day he devoted to his' 

 friends, the chase, and rural matters ; the evenings were passed 

 in reading and literary conversations. 



He died after suffering for many years from an affection of 

 the bladder, accompanied with violent spasms, and a disposition 

 to spitting blood, which degenerated into an incurable ulcer. 

 He was attended in his sufferings with a tenderness and per- 

 severance altogether filial by some pupils and intimate friends, 

 at the head of whom we ought to enumerate Professors Panizza, 

 Cadroli, and Rusconi. 



Let us be satisfied with having rendered this feeble mark of 



