C Christopher Smith, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002512
1628–1694 Italian anatomist and physician whose skill with the microscope yielded many anatomical, physiological and embryological discoveries including the papillae (sensory receptors) and the red blood corpuscles.
Keywords: microscopy; anatomy; physiology; papillae; corpuscles
| Further Reading | |
| book Adelmann H (1966) Marcello Malpighi and the Evolution of Embryology (5 vols). Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP. | |
| book Belloni L (1975) "Marcello Malpighi and the founding of anatomical microscopy". In: Bonelli M and Shea W (eds) Reason, Experiment and Mysticism in the Scientific Revolution, pp. 95–110. New York: Science History Publications. | |
| book Bertoloni Meli D (ed.) (1997) Marcello Malpighi: Anatomist and Physician. Florence: Olschki. | |
| book Gillispie CC (ed.) (1970–1980) Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| Malpighi M (1995[1666]) De Polypo Cordis: An annotated translation. JM Forrester (transl.). Medical History 39: 477–492. | |
| book Malpighi M (1951[1661]) Direct observation of capillary circulation (from De Pulmonibus). In: Hall TS (transl. and ed.) Source Book in Animal Biology, pp. 146–147. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP. | |
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