Giorgio Baglivi

Giorgio Baglivi
FRS
Giorgio Baglivi
BornSeptember 8, 1668
Ragusa, Republic of Ragusa
(Dubrovnik, Croatia)
DiedJune 15, 1707
Rome, Papal States
NationalityItalian[1][2][3]
Scientific career
FieldsPathology

Giorgio Baglivi (Latin: Georgius Baglivus;[a] Croatian: Gjuro Baglivi; September 8, 1668 – June 15, 1707), born Giorgio Armeno and sometimes anglicized as George Baglivi,[5] was a Croatian-Italian physician and scientist. He made important contributions to clinical education, based on his own medical practice. His De Fibra Motrice advanced the "solidist" theory that the solid parts of organs are more crucial to their good functioning than their fluids,[6] against the traditional belief in four humors. Baglivi, however, advocated against doctors relying on any general theory rather than careful observation. He was "a distinguished physiological researcher fascinated by the nerves, his microscopic studies enabled him to distinguish between smooth and striated muscles and distinct kinds of fibres."[7]

  1. ^ EB (1878).
  2. ^ Yale University. Dept. of the History of Medicine. Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences (Volume 31). H. Schuman, 1976. p. 469. Web. 11 Apr. 2011.
  3. ^ History of Science Society, Académie internationale d'histoire des sciences. Isis (Volume 38). Published by the University of Chicago Press for the History of Science Society, 1948. p. 114. Web. 11 Apr. 2011.
  4. ^ DSB (1970).
  5. ^ Chalmers (1812).
  6. ^ Nuttall (1907).
  7. ^ Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: a Medical History of Humanity, New York: Norton, p.228


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