# Pietro Grocco

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{{Short description|Italian physician (1856–1916)}}
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'''Pietro Grocco''' (27 June 1856, [Albonese](/source/Albonese) - 12 February 1916, [Courmayeur](/source/Courmayeur)) was an Italian physician.

==Background==
In 1879 Grocco received his medical doctorate from the [University of Pavia](/source/University_of_Pavia), afterwards continuing his education in [Paris](/source/Paris) and [Vienna](/source/Vienna). In 1884 he was appointed director of special pathology at the [University of Perugia](/source/University_of_Perugia), followed by an appointment as chair of clinical medicine at [Pisa](/source/Pisa) (1888).

From 1892 Grocco served as a professor in [Florence](/source/Florence), where among his many accomplishments, he founded a [rabies](/source/rabies) institute.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GFUBAAAAYAAJ&dq=Grocco+rabies+Florence&pg=PA355 Google Books] British Medical Journal, Volume 1, Pages 1-772</ref> In 1892 he was also named government inspector and medical director of the baths at [Montecatini](/source/Montecatini_Terme).

==Grocco's Triangle==
In 1902 he described "Grocco's triangle", a triangular area of paravertebral dullness on the side opposite a [pleural effusion](/source/pleural_effusion).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=JvoIAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Pietro+Grocco%22+1856&pg=PA677 An Introduction to the history of medicine] by Fielding Hudson Garrison</ref><ref>[http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3375.html Grocco-Rauchfuss triangle] @ [Who Named It](/source/Who_Named_It)</ref> His name is also associated with "Grocco's sign", defined as acute dilatation of the heart following a muscle effort.<ref>[http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3381.html Grocco's sign] @ [Who Named It](/source/Who_Named_It)</ref>

== Selected writings ==
* ''Triangolo paravertebrale opposto nella pleurite essudativa''. Lavori dei congressi di medicina interna, Rome, 1902, 12 (1903): 190. - Grocco's triangle described.
* ''Lezioni di clinica medica''. [Milan](/source/Milan), 1905 - Lessons of clinical medicine.

== References ==
* [http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/pietro-grocco_(Dizionario-Biografico) Treccani.it] (biography)
* [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2812.html Pietro Grocco] @ [Who Named It](/source/Who_Named_It)
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