Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 789

GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORGAGNI (1682-1771) Adversaria anatomica prima [-tertia]. Typis Ferdinandi Pisarri 1706-1717 Vol. I: [8] 48 pp., 4 plates; Vol. II: [6] 99 [1] pp.; Vol. III: [4] 111 [1] pp. 27.4 cm.

Morgagni's scholarly ability was apparent at an early age. At sixteen he was a pupil of Valsalva at Bologna, and there he received the stimulus to devote his life to pathology. By 1715 he took the chair of anatomy at Padua, a seat which he held with utmost distinction for many years. He was a brilliant and tireless investigator and, in addition to his work in medicine and anatomy, was a student of the classics and an archaeologist of repute. The present work consists of the first three volumes of his research notes on microscopic anatomy. Volumes IV through VI were published in 1719 with complete sets being issued under the title: Adversaria anatomica omnia. Morgagni's studies furnished new and valuable information about the glands of the larynx, trachea and glottal regions, of the male urethra, and of the female genitalia. Also described here are those fine folds of the anal canal, still known as the "columns of Morgagni."

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Cited references: Osler 1182 (1719 ed.); Waller 6669 (1719 ed.)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.