Person Lancisi; Giovanni Maria (1654 - 1720) Lancisi Giovanni Maria L'Ancise 1654 - 1720 Italian Male Rome, Italy 26 October 1654 Rome, Italy 20 January 1720

Physician Medicine Education: Collegio Romano; La Sapienza, Rome; MD (1672) Career: Doctor at the Hospital of Santo Spirito (1675); member of the Collegio del Salvatore (1678); Professor of Anatomy at La Sapienza (1684-1697); Physician to the Popes Innocent XI, Innocent XII and Clement XI (1688-death); Head of the Pontifical College for conferring medical degrees; attributed the prevalence of malaria in Rome to mosquitoes and advocated draining the surrounding marshes, without success, but used conchona bark in its treatment; amassed a medical library of 29,000 volumes which he left to Santo Spirito with his papers Son of Bartolommeo Lancisi and his wife, Anna Maria Borgiania Fellow 20/11/1706 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB; Hirsch References: Marie Boas Hall, 'The Royal Society and Italy 1667-1795' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 63-81 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 26 Oct 1654 - 20 Jan 1720 NA6985 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/66774462 010098e4-65e0-4215-9d6b-48ca9f2b4679