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Giovanni Maria Lancisi

1654 - 1720

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Giovanni Maria Lancisi (Latin: Johannes Maria Lancisius; 26 October 1654 – 20 January 1720) was an Italian physician, epidemiologist and anatomist who made a correlation between the presence of mosquitoes and the prevalence of malaria. He was also known for his studies about cardiovascular diseases, an examination of the corpus callosum of the brain, and is remembered in the eponymous Lancisi's sign. He also studied rinderpest during an outbreak of the disease in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Maria Lancisi is the 478th most popular physician (down from 454th in 2019), the 2,998th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,001st in 2019) and the 31st most popular Italian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Giovanni Maria Lancisi ranks 478 out of 726. Before him are Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, David Cooper, Petrus Alphonsi, Warren Sturgis McCulloch, William Turner, and Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel. After him are Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, Friedrich von Huene, Ernest Starling, Wilhelm His Sr., and Kyusaku Ogino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1654, Giovanni Maria Lancisi ranks 15. Before him are Constantin Brâncoveanu, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Danylo Apostol, Vincent Lübeck, and John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. After him are Jakob Abbadie, Michiel de Swaen, and Herman Moll. Among people deceased in 1720, Giovanni Maria Lancisi ranks 11. Before him are Maria Margaretha Kirch, Antoine Coysevox, Edward England, Peter Tordenskjold, Anne Dacier, and Abdul-Qādir Bedil. After him are Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, Nicolas de Fer, and Balaji Vishwanath.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Maria Lancisi ranks 2,998 out of 5,161. Before him are Giuliano Montaldo (1930), Alessandro Pirzio Biroli (1877), Pietro Grasso (1945), Massimo Oddo (1976), Edoardo Reja (1945), and Enzo G. Castellari (1938). After him are Carlo Rosselli (1899), Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719), Pellegrino Rossi (1787), Federico Zandomeneghi (1841), Benedict Menni (1841), and Romano Scarpa (1927).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Giovanni Maria Lancisi ranks 31. Before him are Luigi Carlo Farini (1812), Abella (1400), Realdo Colombo (1516), Giorgio Biandrata (1515), Antonio Bertoloni (1775), and Dorotea Bucca (1360). After him are Antonio Scarpa (1752), Carlo Urbani (1956), Giulio Bizzozero (1846), Ugo Cerletti (1877), Giuseppe Pitrè (1841), and Giovanni Saldarini (1924).

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