Pietro Albertoni (22 September 1849 – 8 November 1933 ) was an

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physiologist and politician who was appointed Senator of the Kingdom in 1912.

Biography

Pietro Albertoni was born in

Gazoldo degli Ippoliti Gazoldo degli Ippoliti ( Upper Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about west of Mantua. Geography Gazoldo is located in the Po Valley between t ...

, Mantua on 22 September 1849. His father Giovanni was a surgeon. In 1866, when only sixteen years of age, he enlisted in the ranks of Garibaldi's partisans and participated in the

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. In 1873 he graduated in medicine at the

University of Padua The University of Padua (, UNIPD) is an Italian public research university in Padua, Italy. It was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from the University of Bologna, who previously settled in Vicenza; thus, it is the second-oldest ...

. After graduation, he entered the Institute of Physiology directed by

Filippo Lussana Filippo Lussana (17 December 1820 – 25 December 1897) was an Italian physiologist. In his medical research he dealt with the laws of nutrition, functions of the nervous system, cerebral localization, gustatory innervation, the relationship bet ...

. In Padua, he completed studies on different aspects of the physiology of the digestive and nervous systems, and the physiology of development. He worked on forensic medicine related to poisonings. In 1876 Albertoni became professor of physiology at the

University of Siena The University of Siena (, abbreviation: UNISI), located in Siena, Tuscany, holds the distinction of being Italy's first publicly funded university as well as one of the oldest, originally established as ''Studium Senese'' in 1240. As of 2022, it ...

, then in 1878 professor of materia medica at the

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. He remained in Genoa until 1884 when he obtained the professorship of materia medica at the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna (, abbreviated Unibo) is a Public university, public research university in Bologna, Italy. Teaching began around 1088, with the university becoming organised as guilds of students () by the late 12th century. It is the ...

. In Bologna he collaborated extensively with Icilio Guareschi, with whom he founded the ''Review of medicinal chemistry and pharmacy'', which soon became very influential. In 1887 he assumed the chair of Physiology, vacated by the death of Luigi Vella. This was the beginning of a forty-year period of important research, especially on the physiology of the nervous system. Albertoni was elected a deputy to the legislature of the kingdom for three terms of office (1892-1895, 1897-1900 and 1900-1904) representing

Bozzolo Bozzolo ( Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southwest of Mantua. Bozzolo borders the following municipalities: Acquanegra sul Chiese, ...

for the

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. On 17 March 1912 he was named Senator of the Kingdom. Albertoni was admitted to numerous Italian and foreign academies, including the

Accademia dei Lincei The (; literally the "Academy of the Lynx-Eyed"), anglicised as the Lincean Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious European scientific institutions, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rome, Italy. Founded in ...

. He died in Bologna on 8 November 1933.

Honors

*Knight of the Order of Saint Maurice and Lazarus *Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy The road that runs parallel to one of the sides of the Hospital S. Orsola in Bologna, dividing it from the Malpighi Hospital, is named after him.

Sources

* Vincenzo Cappelletti,
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Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani The ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' () is a biographical dictionary published in 100 volumes by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, started in 1960 and completed in 2020. It includes about 40,000 biographies of distinguished Italia ...

'', Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, Vol. I, 1960 * Giuseppe Borgatti, «Prof. Pietro Albertoni». Estratto da ''Rivista di Biologia'', Vol. XXI, Fascicolo II, 1936-XV
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External links

Senato, Scheda del senatore Pietro Albertoni

Archivio di stato, Ritratto di Pietro Albertoni
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