Giovanni Giacinto Vogli (1697-1762) was an

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physician and writer.

Biography

He was born in

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, but moved to

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; where he initially studied with the Jesuits. He then studied medicine at the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continuo ...

. He wrote a book (published 1726) about distinguished graduates of this University. He was best known for a medical dissertation titled: De Anthropogenia dissertatio anatomico physica (1718, Bologna). At the University of Bologna, he studied initially under Stefano Danielli (1656-1730), professor of Anatomy and Medicine. He was able to obtain a doctorate in philosophy and medicine in 1714, at the age of 17 years. He then moved to Florence to work at the Hospital of

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. During this time, the debates were still raging between the followers of

Marcello Malpighi Marcello Malpighi (10 March 1628 – 30 November 1694) was an Italian biologist and physician, who is referred to as the "Founder of microscopical anatomy, histology & Father of physiology and embryology". Malpighi's name is borne by several phy ...

and of Giovanni Girolamo Sbaraglia. This contentious debate had both scientific/philosophic differences as well as tinged by familial grudges. Malpighi was also defending the use of animal studies and new-fangled techniques like microanatomy to contribute to the human medicine, while Sbaraglia thought past knowledge and empirical studies were more important. Vogli seems to have defended the Sbaraglia arguments in his ''De Anthropogonia Dissertatio Anatomico-Phisica, in qua de Viviparorum Genesi''. Volgi also practiced for a time in the Duchy of Urbino. In the first half of the 1720s Vogli returns to the university to study algebra with professor Carlo Hebert Gerolimino. In 1725, he became a lecturer in Anatomy. In 1728, he was named professor of anatomy, with the support of also Sbaraglia. His work on ''Fluidi Nervei Historia'' (1720) where he applied comparative physiology of different species. This book was said to be influential for

Luigi Galvani Luigi Galvani (, also ; ; la, Aloysius Galvanus; 9 September 1737 – 4 December 1798) was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, who studied animal electricity. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs ...

. In the 1730s, Vogli was accepted as a member of the Accademia delle Scienze of Bologna. In the 1740s he was appointed to the newly founded

Accademia Benedettina The Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna (''Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna'') is an academic society in Bologna, Italy, that was founded in 1690 and prospered in the Age of Enlightenment. Today it is closely associated ...

, a papal science academy, and an appointment that carried a yearly stipend. He dedicated some of the time to studying fossil records. Vogli would marry the sister of

Vincenzo Menghini Vincenzo Antonio Menghini (15 February 1704-27 January 1759) was an Italian physician and scientist, who was one of the first to report the abundance of iron in red blood cells. Biography He was born in Budrio to a family with a small business. Hi ...

, who was one of the first to report the presence of iron in the blood. Of his sons, Giuseppe became a natural scientist and member of the Academy of Sciences. By 1740s, he suffered loss of vision and was blind for his last decade of life.Giovanni Giacinto Vogli, il medico budriese studiato dal Galvani
article by Leonardo Arrighi in BudrioNext, 12 November 2015.

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