italian biologists library

 

Italian biologists have contributed some of biology's greatest findings. With the increasing importance of genetics, conservation and microbiology, Italian biologists may yet discover some of nature's most amazing secrets.

Featured Article:  Giovanni Battista Morgagni

Morgagni, Giovanni Battista (1682–1771), an Italian physician and the founder of pathological anatomy, the study of diseased tissue. See more »

Camillo Golgi

Golgi, Camillo (1844–1926), an Italian physician and anatomist. Golgi found that he could observe nerve tissue in detail by using silver nitrate as a stain.

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Giovanni Battista Morgagni

Morgagni, Giovanni Battista (1682–1771), an Italian physician and the founder of pathological anatomy, the study of diseased tissue.

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Lazzaro Spallanzani

Spallanzani, Lazzaro (1729–1799), an Italian biologist, one of the foremost experimenters of his day.

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Luigi Galvani

Galvani, Luigi (1737–1798), an Italian physician and anatomist. About 1780 he discovered current electricity.

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Marcello Malpighi

Malpighi, Marcello (1628-1694), an Italian physician. In 1661 he discovered capillaries, the tiny blood vessels that connect veins and arteries.

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