Marcello Malpighi

Marcello Malpighi was born on March 10, 1628, in Crevalcore?, Italy. He was raised on the farm of his parents, and entered the [University of Bologna]? at the age of 17. While studying philosophy, his parents died, and as the eldest son he had to become take care of the family business. He returned to university after two years, and became a doctor of medicine in 1653?.

Malphigi used the microscope for studies on skin, kidney, and for the first interspecies comparison of the liver. He also described the development of the chick? in its egg?, and discovered that insects (particulary, the [silk worm]?) do not use lung?s to breath, but small holes in their skin called trachea?. A skin layer was named after him, the [Malpighi layer]?, also other structures, like the [Malpighi bodies]? in the liver. Malphigi died on September 29, 1694?, in Rome.