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Giacinto Cestoni

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Italian naturalist (1637-1718)

ScientistsLived 1637 to 1718 · aged 80
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Diacinto Cestoni was an Italian naturalist, biologist, botanist, entomologist. Born in Montegiorgio, he was self-taught. He lived and worked at Livorno where he led an apothecary next to the port. He studied insects, animals, plants and drugs.

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Plaque dedicated to Diacinto Cestoni and Giovan Cosimo Bonomo for their scientific contributions.Plaque dedicated to Diacinto Cestoni and Giovan Cosimo Bonomo for their scientific contributions.Title of Cestoni's published research on Chameleon and other animals.Title of Cestoni's published research on Chameleon and other animals.

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Diacinto Cestoni was an Italian naturalist, biologist, botanist, entomologist. Born in Montegiorgio, he was self-taught. He lived and worked at Livorno where he led an apothecary next to the port. He studied insects, animals, plants and drugs. Cestoni discovered that scabies is caused by the microscopic mite Sarcoptes scabiei.

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Lived 1637 to 1718 · aged 80
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