John Lindley (1799-1865)

John Creery Ferguson 1802-1865: Physician and fetologist.

THE great obstetricians of the 18th century did much to reduce the suffering of women in pregnancy and childbirth. It is all the more remarkable that in their copious writings on the care of expectant mothers the condition of the fetus is rarely mentioned and played little or no part in determining the management of women in childbirth. The reason for this however is quite clear: apart from not...

Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729-1799)

Born in the small town of Scandiano in northern Italy on 10 January 1729, Spallanzani grew up in a large, wealthy family and attended local schools until he was fifteen. He then studied at a Jesuit seminary in Reggio Emilia where his intellectual abilities earned him the nickname ?the astrologer.? He matriculated in 1749 at the University of Bologna [7] and began working toward a degree in juri...

Lallaro Spallanzani * (1729-1799)

D URING the eighteenth century Italy was many times exposed to the invasions of foreign armies. Her states were transferred from one tyrannical rule to another and her university towns were often camps for hostile armies. Yet in a little group of universities in northern Italy the sciences were being hastened in their metamorphosis with more than usual speed. The din of war may have been an add...

Op-brai140083 1799..1812

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA 2 Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA 3 Primary Children’s Medical Centre, Salt Lake City, UT, USA 4 Department of Radiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA 5 Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA 6 Neuroscience Centre, Brigham Young University, P...

Joseph Saxton . 1799 - 1873