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Marcello Malpighi was an Italian physiologist which may be considered as the founder of microscopic anatomy as he was among the first few persons to use microscope for study of vegetable and animal structure.
Birth and Early Times
Marcello Malpighi was born on 10th March 1628 in Crevalcuore which is near to Bologna. Marcello Malpighi grew up with parents and grandparents in the family owned farm and joined Bologna University at the age of seventeen to study Aristotelian philosophy. Marcello Malpighie was fond of microscope and had the habit of using microscope to amuse him. But soon after Marcello Malpighi entrance to university, Marcello Malpighi saw few deaths in Marcello Malpighi family as Marcello Malpighi mother, paternal grand mother and father died one by one. These deaths caused abandon as for Marcello Malpighi personal life and studies were concerned. After settling Marcello Malpighi life and family affairs once again, Marcello Malpighi joined university to study medicine. It was year 1653, when Marcello Malpighi got the degree of graduation as a doctor from Bologna University. Marcello Malpighi professor of anatomy married his younger sister Francesca Massari with Malpighi but she died after a year. Marcello Malpighi applied in same year for lecturer but his humble request was granted in 1656. Marcello Malpighi a famous physiologist, his birthday is celebrated among famous birthdays in March, birthday gifts, birthday cards, are distributed among school children.
 Career
In 1656 itself, University of Pisa called him for a chair of theoretical medicine and Marcello Malpighi went there for three years. Marcello Malpighi was called by University of Messina in 1661 and he stayed for four years before leaving the place for Bologna. Marcello Malpighi spent next twenty years of his life with his native university but Marcello Malpighi left Bologna in 1691 to be deputed as private physician of Pope Innocent XII. Malpighi died in Rome on 30th September 1694.
Accomplishments
As we know that Harvey inferred correctly the presence of capillary circulation but Marcello Malpighi could never see that. It was Marcello Malpighi who saw the spectacle of blood through network of smaller tubes on surface of lungs and of distended urine bladder of frog. That was the time, when we hadn’t good quality microscope and you should not be surprised to know that fact that it almost took four years to reach on a clear conclusion of corpuscles of frog’s blood.
First article of Malpighi was published in 1661 in journal of Royal Society of England and the article was not surprisingly about above mentioned experiments and results. In 1668, Marcello Malpighi joined the society as a fellow and Marcello Malpighi was first Italian to get that recognition. Marcello Malpighi wrote several papers from time to time which were published by society. Some of those include De viscerum structura: exercitatio anatomica, De structura glandularum conglobatarum, Opera posthuma, ET vita a seipso scripta.
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