Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771), the First Pediatric Pathologist

Carlos R Abramowsky; Frank E Berkowitz

doi:10.2350/15-05-1640-OA.1

Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771), the First Pediatric Pathologist

Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2015 Nov-Dec;18(6):458-65. doi: 10.2350/15-05-1640-OA.1. Epub 2015 Dec 23.

Authors

Carlos R Abramowsky¹, Frank E Berkowitz¹

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

PMID: 26699086
DOI: 10.2350/15-05-1640-OA.1

Abstract

During the age of enlightenment in the 18th century, radical changes were occurring in the Western world in science, medicine, philosophy, religion, and socio-economic concepts. In medicine, major advances had already been underway since the days of Vesalius.

Publication types

Biography
Historical Article
Portrait

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Age Factors
Child
Child, Preschool
Education, Medical / history
Female
History, 18th Century
Humans
Infant
Male
Pathology / education
Pathology / history*
Pediatrics / education
Pediatrics / history*
Reference Books, Medical*

Personal name as subject

Giovanni Battista Morgagni