Marcello Malpighi Facts
Marcello Malpighi Facts
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| Marcello Malpighi was born in Crevalcore, Italy. |
| In 1646 he entered the University of Bologna despite the opposition of University authorities to the admission of a non-Bolognese. |
| In 1653 he earned his M.D. and a PhD in philosophy and became a teacher. |
| In 1656 he was offered the professorship of theoretical medicine at the University of Pisa where he became friends with the mathematician,Giovanni Borelli. |
| Family responsibilities necessitated a return to Bologna in 1659 and he continued his research on medical and anatomical problems of the day. |
| In 1661 he made a major scientific discovery when he identified the capillary network connecting small arteries and veins. |
| In November 1662 he accepted a professorship in medicine at the University of Messina where Borelli was doing research. |
| While there Malpighi continued his microscopic studies of anatomy and identified taste buds, the structure of the brain, and the optic nerve. |
| He was the first to see red blood cells and realized that blood gets its red color from them. |
| In 1667 he returned to Bologna and continued his studies. |
| He encountered much jealousy and opposition for his discoveries and it was claimed that they had no use in the treatment and diagnosis of disease. |
| Malpighi's work was noticed by the Royal Society of London and beginning in 1668, they regularly published his letters in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. |
| In 1669 he did an extensive study on the structure and development of the silkworm. |
| In 1691 he was invited by Pope Innocent XII to become his personal physician which was considered a great honor and recognition of his stature. |
| While in Rome he was made a count. |
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