Tag: Filippo Pacini
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The belief in bacteria: An early history of microbiology
Mostafa ElbabaDoha, Qatar The history of microbiology is a compelling narrative of how humanity slowly unraveled the unseen world of microscopic life. The field has fundamentally transformed medicine, biology, and human understanding of disease. But for millennia, explanations for the origins of life and the causes of illness were rooted in philosophical speculation and ancient…
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Pacini’s corpuscles and occult sciences
Gianfranco NatalePaola Lenzi Italy The year 2012 was the bicentenary of the birth of the anatomist and pathologist Filippo Pacini. Born in Pistoia (Tuscany) in 1812, he studied and worked there until 1840; then moved to Pisa and finally to Florence in 1847.1 While still a medical student in Pistoia, he described the corpuscles present along…