# Learned which scientists "discovered Spina Bifida (my disability)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 20, 2012, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learned-which-scientists-discovered-spina-bifida-my-disability/613406 "2012-02-20T09:00:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learned-which-scientists-discovered-spina-bifida-my-disability/613406/1 "2012-02-20T09:00:02Z")

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Pays to putz around the web! 😃 Their names were Giovanni Battista Morgnani and Nicolaes Tulp. Also learned (though I kinda knew already) that spina bifida has been around for 20,000 years.