Antonio Alessandrini.

Antonio Alessandrini taught comparative anatomy

Comparative anatomy

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 and veterinary science at the University of Bologna

University of Bologna

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. He was president of the Accademia delle Scienze of the city and of the Zoology Divisio of the Ottava Riunione degli Italiani Scienziati in Genoa

Genoa

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 (1846).

He published numerous articles in zoology and parasitology

Parasitology

Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them. As a biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question, but by their way of life...

 and was particularly interested in the physiology of the silkworm.

Works

• (1838) Observazioni antomiche intorno a diverse specie di entozoarii de genere Filaria. Nuovi Annali delle Science Naturali 1:1-17.

Other works see Wikipedia Italy