Джовани Моргани (1682-1771): основоположник на модерната патология
Giovanni Morgagni (1682-1771): основоположник на модерната патология

Summary/Abstract: Giovanni Battista Morgagni was born on February 25, 1682 in Forli and died on December 5, 1771 in Padua, Italy. At the age of sixteen he went to Bologna to study medicine and philosophy, and graduated as a doctor in both faculties in 1701. Between 1709-1715 Morgagni worked as a physician in Forli. In 1711, he was appointed professor of practical medicine, and in 1715 Morgagni became professor of anatomy at University of Padua. His first work in the field of anatomy was „Adversaria Anatomica Prima“ (1706); the second volume appeared in 1717. Morgagni’s opus magnum was entitled „De sedibus et causes morborum per anatomen indagatis, libri quinque“ („The seats and causes of disease investigated by anatomy in five books“) published in 1761, when he was 79 year old. The book consisted of 70 letters with description of about 640 autopsies. Morgagni described for first time the correlation between symptoms of the disease and the macroscopical organ changes. He was named „father of modern pathology“. His skull was finded in the church of Santo Massimo in Padua and facial reconstruction was made with new 3D technology. A strong similarity between the virtual model with engraved portrait was found.

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