Milan, 26 October 1816, 1:30 p.m.
General Infirmary
Following in the footsteps of Father Bernardino, Doctor Pietro Moscati, who was born in 1739, embarked on a medical career and, upon graduating from the University of Pavia, he was assigned to the department of surgical anatomy and obstetrics in that same house of learning.
He was then transferred to Milan as the royal hospital professor of medicine and surgery at Cà Granda.
Throughout his professional career, he truly applied himself to research, discovering ─ amongst other things ─ the transmissibility of syphilis and also distinguishing himself as a pioneering doctor by adopting, particularly in hospitals and orphanages, hygienic precautions running counter to the spread of disease.
He concurrently occupied himself with educa
