Physician and friend of Galileo, born in Koper, SW Slovenia (formerly Capodistria, Italy). He studied at Padua, and in 1611 became professor of theoretical medicine there. He invented the clinical thermometer, a pulsimeter, a hygrometer, and other instruments, but he is best known for his investigations into the fluctuations of the body's weight under different conditions.
Santorio Santorio (1561–1636), also called Santorio Santorii, Sanctorius of Padua, and various combinations of these names, was an Italian physiologist, physician, and professor. Sanctorius studied what he termed insensible perspiration and originated the study of metabolism. He invented a device which he called the pulsilogium for measuring the pulse which was the first machine system in medical history. A century later another physician, de la Croix, used the pulsilogium to test cardiac function. Sanctorius also invented an early waterbed.
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