Giovanni Battista Morgagni is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Giovanni Battista Morgagni as Italian anatomist (1682–1771).
Giovanni Battista Morgagni was born at Forlì in 1682. He trained at University of Bologna.
The circulation of the blood and the microscope arrived within a generation of each other, and medicine acquired a mechanism.
His posts were held at University of Padua.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
Recognition followed: Fellow of the Royal Society.
Giovanni Battista Morgagni died in 1771, aged 89. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Held posts at University of Padua
