Spallanzani
Americannoun
noun
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In 1776, Lazzaro Spallanzani, an Italian naturalist, described how the animals could dry out completely and then be resurrected with a splash of water.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
In Rome, the Lazzaro Spallanzani Hospital said Thursday it had confirmed one case of monkeypox in a patient who had recently traveled to Spain’s Canary Islands.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2022
Doctors at the Spallanzani Institute for Infectious Diseases in Rome said it pointed to the possibility that the virus was reproducing itself in the male genital tract.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2016
Italy has pledged to build a 90-bed treatment center in Sierra Leone, send experts from Spallanzani and give 1.5 million euros for the WHO to buy equipment and medicine.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2014
In 1780, Abbe Spallanzani, following up the success of Jacobi, artificially impregnated a bitch, who brought forth in sixty-two days 3 puppies, all resembling the male.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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