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Giorgio Baglivi
(8 Sep 1668 - 15 Jun 1707)
Armenian anatomist and pathologist who was born as Gjuro Armeno, but at age 15 took the family name Baglivi of his adoptive parent, an Italian physician. He became the pope's second physician (1695) and the next year was elected professor of anatomy at Sapienza, Papal University, Rome.
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Science Quotes by Giorgio Baglivi (4 quotes)
Let the young know they will never find a more interesting, more instructive book than the patient himself.
— Giorgio Baglivi
Attributed.
The doctor is the servant and the interpreter of nature. Whatever he thinks or does, if he follows not in nature’s footsteps he will never be able to control her.
— Giorgio Baglivi
De Praxi Medica (1696), Introduction.
The origin and the causes of disease are far too recondite for the human mind to unravel them.
— Giorgio Baglivi
Praxi Medica (1696), Introduction.
The two fulcra of medicine are reason and observation. Observation is the clue to guide the physician in his thinking.
— Giorgio Baglivi
Praxi Medica (1696), Introduction.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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