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Giovanni Battista Morgagni
Italian anatomist (1682–1771).
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Italian anatomist (1682–1771).
Giovanni Battista Morgagni (25 February 1682 – 6 December 1771) was an Italian anatomist, generally regarded as the father of modern anatomical pathology, who taught thousands of medical students from many countries during his 56 years as Professor of Anatomy at the University of Padua. His most significant literary contribution, the monumental five-volume On the Seats and Causes of Disease, embodied a lifetime of experience in anatomical dissection and observation, and established the fundamental principle that most diseases are not vaguely dispersed throughout the body, but originate locally, in specific organs and tissues.
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Achievements and distinctions
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Italian anatomist (1682–1771).
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Fellow of the Royal Society
Career and education
Employers and institutions
University of Padua
Memberships
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Royal Society of London · Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences · French Academy of Sciences · Russian Academy of Sciences
Education
University of Bologna
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