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Brescia, Fortunato of

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Morphologist and Minorite, born Brescia, Italy, 1701; died Madrid, Spain, 1754. He was secretary general of his order and first brought together the teachings of Scholasticism and the discoveries of physical science. By his microscopic studies he succeeded in classifying tissues and organs before the discoveries of Bichat.

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Entry for 'Brescia, Fortunato of'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​b/brescia-fortunato-of.html. 1910.
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