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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    .0 i I 1 lie published successively, fiom this time to d^]&;^hVg'rJa{^^^ aFttiis important worCwhi^Ji contains numerous discoveries in dilierent part^ df'the human body, mos'{ corrcqtlv' cletailei 4te^ IMgi'^Wthe work had extenJefftS reputation throughout Europe, and in 1715 his talents were rewarded by an appointment to the chief ^riatomical professorsViip iii the university (if' Pddiia. Henceforth, to the close of a long life, he ranked deservedly at the head of the, ; anatomists of his time. His knowledge was by \ no means limited to professional subjects; lor^ j he wais well versed in general literature, and was j a^'prbficidit 111 History anfi^ Literary ^ hoiioiite wel'fe accurhufateld lipo from every j quarter of Europe. He was elected a membcF ; of the Academia Naturai Curiosorum in 1788, ■ (#«Metep'fec%'ly of j^^'iyon'm iiai; of the Ac'jidemy of Sciences at Paris in 1731, of the^j Imperial Academy of Petersburgh in 173,5, and ; ofii^ otyM'kvSt aSScmltl of the Institme of, jSologtik:^ 'All the learned and great who can^e^^ intb' his iibigfibourh9od visjted' M^^^^ He^ wa6^^1iI^fe^^^l'se honoured witK Mie , particul^^^^ esteem of three successive popes ; and his native