Giovanni Maria Lancisi

Giovanni Maria Lancisi
Giovanni Maria Lancisi
Born(1654-10-26)26 October 1654
Died20 January 1720(1720-01-20) (aged 65)
NationalityItalian
Alma materUniversity of Rome
Known formalaria
cardiovascular diseases
Scientific career
Fieldsmedicine
anatomy

Giovanni Maria Lancisi (26 October 1654 – 20 January 1720) was an Italian physician, epidemiologist and anatomist who made a correlation between the presence of mosquitoes and the prevalence of malaria. He was also known for his studies about cardiovascular diseases, an examination of the corpus callosum of the brain, and is remembered in the eponymous Lancisi's sign. He also studied rinderpest during an outbreak of the disease in Europe.