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AZZARO SPALLANZANI. 



1729-1799. 



MORE frequently spoken of as the Abb<5, for he took orders, but 

 his bias was towards natural history. It was only the other 

 day that his compatriots in Science celebrated the first 

 centenary of his death by issuing a volume of contributions in his 

 honour. The collotype is taken from the profile drawing in this volume 

 issued at Reggio-Emilia on this occasion. The figure of the bust of 

 Spallanzani adorns the Scuola called after him in the new Physiological 

 Laboratory of the University of Modena. I owe it and several others 

 to the kindness of Professor Mariano L. Patrizi, of Modena. 



Born at Scandiano in Reggio-Emilia, the son of a celebrated 

 advocate, be received a liberal education with a view to his entering the 

 legal profession. He studied law in Bologna, there also he studied 

 mathematics under his cousin, Laura Bassi, "a woman justly cele- 

 brated for her genius, her eloquence, and her knowledge of physical 



FROM A BUST IN THE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MODENA. 



