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Morgagni

[ mawr-gah-nyee ]

noun

  1. Gio·van·ni Bat·tis·ta [jaw-, vahn, -nee baht-, tees, -tah], 1682–1771, Italian anatomist.


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Like many another great man, Morgagni seems to have been especially fortunate in his mother.

It is well known that women occasionally held professorships at the University of Bologna, not far from Morgagni's birthplace.

When Morgagni went to the university, Valsalva was at the zenith of his brilliant career as an anatomist.

In subsequent cases Morgagni looked for the confirmation of his theory in this matter and found it.

Morgagni made still further observations in this line to confirm his own conclusions in the matter.

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