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Eustachio

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Eu·sta·chi·o (y-stäk-, -stäky), Bartolomeo 1520-1574.
Italian anatomist. A founder of modern anatomy, he is noted for his descriptions of the human ear and heart.


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In 1565, the thoracic duct was discovered in a horse by Eustachio, an Italian anatomist; this duct was discovered in man by Veslingus in 1634.
3) These books--containing the chants for the celebration of the Mass (graduals) and of the Office (antiphonaries), and all preserved today at the Archivio dell'Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore--were lavishly illuminated by Monte di Giovanni (1448-1532/33) and Frate Eustachio (Tommaso di Baldassarre di Tommaso, 1473-1555), two of the most distinguished contemporary Florentine miniaturists.
It's an art form in Rome and the best can be found at the Sant' Eustachio Caffe at 82 Piazza Sant' Eustachio, just behind the Pantheon.
 
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