Volume 1

The seats and causes of diseases, investigated by anatomy : containing a great variety of dissections, and accompanied with remarks / by John Baptist Morgagni ... abridged, and eluciated with copious notes, by William Cooke.

  • Morgagni, Giambattista, 1682-1771.
Date:
1822
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    I jtlied, like his preceptor Miilpiglii, of apoplexy, | pt the age of fifty-seven. Giamhatida Morgagni was boni at Torli, i(i l^omagna, in February 16.82. He lost his father jn |ns infancy, but his education was successfully : condiicted by his mother, and he displayed a i proficiency in classical and philosophical ac- j qi^jr^iiients beyond ^his^.^^a^.,^ f^f^^ ^^tu^ied i medicine at Bologna with great ardour, and : soon attracted the attention and esteem of his : able masters Valsalva and Albertini, the former of whom availed himself of his assistance in the | researches into the organ of hearing which he ' w.gSj, at tliat tiuie prosecuting, and in drawing j up his memoirs on .that subject. Morgagni ! also performed the professorial duties during ' the temporary absence of Valsalva on a journey j to I^^^ij^a, and, illustrated his/ieetures by nuiiie- \ rous anatomical preparations. These illustra- ; tions, and tlie easy and perspicuous eloquence i i^j]«hi(^ h^jad^^^es^^^4^^ added to hi§^ • kind and engaging manners, obtained for. liipij-j-; general esteem, as well as the friendship of the*i j most -distinguished philosophers of the placG[;^i His zeal (in the pursuit fpf.,knowledge led hiagf^j soon afterwards to travel. He first went t^,,;