Carlo Fracassati

Carlo Fracassati Latinized as Carolus Fracassatus (c. 1630 – 12 October 1672) was an Italian anatomist and professor.

He joined university where his contemporaries included Marcello Malphigi, Giambattista Capponi and C. Golfieri.

As a student of Bartolomeo Massari, he was part of a circle of nine anatomists called the "chorus anatomicus" who met regularly at the home of the professor.

At Pisa he worked with Giovanni Borelli, Lorenzo Bellini, Nicolas Steno and others.

Among the work was on the papillary structures in the tongue involved in taste sensation.