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Malpighi

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Malpighi
Marcello . 1628--94, Italian physiologist. A pioneer in microscopic anatomy, he identified the capillary system (1661)


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At that time Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist, and Thomas Willis, an English clinician, noted independently that the lungs were a system of canals made up of membranes, air passages, and blood vessels.
THE LUNGS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE by Pamphlet by: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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