title: Giovanni-Battista Morgagni (1682-1773): creator of pathological anatomy.
abstract: The great anatomist Giovanni-Battista Morgagni by his major textbook De Sedibus is the creator of pathological anatomy and the one who rendered this new discipline an indispensable specialization of modern medicine.
authors.affiliation: Institute of History of Medicine, University Claude Bernard, Lyon, France. lyon48@otenet.gr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Androutsos
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010336:Pathology / Q000266:history*