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Giorgio Baglivi

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Ragusan-Italian physician and academic (1668-1707)

DoctorsLived 1668 to 1707 · aged 38
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Giorgio Baglivi, born Giorgio Armeno and sometimes anglicized as George Baglivi, was a Croatian-Italian physician and scientist of Armenian origin. He made important contributions to clinical education, based on his own medical practice.

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Giorgio Baglivi, born Giorgio Armeno and sometimes anglicized as George Baglivi, was a Croatian-Italian physician and scientist of Armenian origin. 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, 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."

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Lived 1668 to 1707 · aged 38
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