He investigated smallpox , was deeply concerned with controlling pulmonary tuberculosis , and exemplified to many students the true investigative and selfless spirit in anatomy and medicine .
Cotugno wrote a classic monograph on sciatic neuralgia , and is also credited the discovery of the cerebrospinal fluid in 1774 .
Cotugno investigated smallpox , was deeply concerned with controlling pulmonary tuberculosis , and exemplified to many students the true investigative and selfless spirit in anatomy and medicine .
Cotugno wrote a classic monograph on sciatic neuralgia , and is also credited the discovery of the cerebrospinal fluid in 1774 .