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Morgagni

American  
[mawr-gah-nyee] / mɔrˈgɑ nyi /

noun

  1. Giovanni Battista 1682–1771, Italian anatomist.


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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

But her history was bad �a Latzko Caesarean section for Bandl's ring and toxemia�and we found a hydatid of Morgagni then.

From Time Magazine Archive

Morgagni also pointed out that intermittence of the pulse may be due to nervous conditions.

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

Morgagni, whom Virchow greeted as the Father of Modern Pathology, made a careful study of the pulse and especially of its irregularities.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)