Domenico Gusmano Galeazzi (4 August 1686 -30 July 1775) was an Italian anatomist and professor of physics at the
University of Bologna. He described the nature of urinary tract calculi.
Galeazzi (sometimes spelled Galeati) was born in Bologna, and there studied at the Jesuit College in Bologna and then studied medicine under
Matteo Bazzani and
Antonio Maria Valsalva
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.
Galeazzi obtained a doctorate in Philosophy and Medicine in 1709, and was appointed a substitute lecturer in experimental physics along with professor
Jacopo Bartolomeo Beccari. In 1719, he traveled with
Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli
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Biography
Born in Bologna, he was a member ...
to the Alps of San Pellegrino to investigate the fossils of shells and weather. In 1728, he visited, with
Marco Maria Melega, regions of Italy afflicted with a plague of locusts. In 1734, when Beccari became professor of chemistry, and Galeazzi replaced him as professor of physics. One of Galeazzi's pupils was
Luigi Galvani
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, who subsequently became his son-in-law when he married Domenico's daughter,
Lucia Galeazzi. Galeazzi was inducted into the
Accademia Benedettina.
Bullettino delle scienze mediche
published by the Societa Medico Chirurgica of Bologna; series 3 volume 13, page 389-391.
References
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1686 births
1775 deaths
Italian anatomists
People from Bologna