Giovanni-Battista Morgagni (1682-1773): creator of pathological anatomy

G Androutsos

Giovanni-Battista Morgagni (1682-1773): creator of pathological anatomy

J BUON. 2006 Jan-Mar;11(1):95-101.

Author

G Androutsos¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of History of Medicine, University Claude Bernard, Lyon, France. lyon48@otenet.gr

PMID: 17318961

Abstract

The great anatomist Giovanni-Battista Morgagni by his major textbook De Sedibus is the creator of pathological anatomy and the one who rendered this new discipline an indispensable specialization of modern medicine.

Publication types

Biography
Historical Article
Portrait

MeSH terms

Anatomy / history*
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
Humans
Italy
Pathology / history*

Personal name as subject

Giovanni-Battista Morgagni