Giovanni Battista Morgagni, 1682 - 1771. (Hydatid of Morgagni)

Pathology, the medical specialty concerned with determining the causes of disease and understanding the structural and functional changes that occur in abnormal conditions, stands as one of the cornerstones of modern medicine. With ups and downs from the days of religious prohibitions against autopsies to the grand discoveries of our protagonist, Giovanni Battista Morgagni.

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