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Morgagni

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[mawr-gah-nyee] / mɔrˈgɑ nji /

noun

  1. Giovanni Battista 1682–1771, Italian anatomist.


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At Rome's occupied Morgagni high school, where students have barricaded entrances with desks, protesters pointed to the crumbling infrastructure as evidence of neglect.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Koch, together with Battista Morgagni, René Laënnec and others led the scientific charge against this once mysterious infection: this was continental European medicine in its heyday, triumphant in its powerful ability to discover.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2012

Of the moderns, Lister and Morgagni were 85 years old at death.

From Time Magazine Archive

From Mondino to Morgagni there is a continuous series of great men in connection with the University of Bologna such as no other institution can show.

From Makers of Modern Medicine by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

Morgagni had not only an enthusiasm for the work, but had, what is much more precious under the circumstances, untiring patience and industry and unswerving perseverance.

From Makers of Modern Medicine by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

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