Paolo Mantegazza
Paolo Mantegazza
| Prof. Dott. Paolo Mantegazza | |||||||
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| Born | 1831 | ||||||
| Died | 1910 | ||||||
| Residence | Florence | ||||||
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academic literary | ||||||
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1881.11.22 proposed as Hon. Member
death noted in the report of the council for 1910: Professor Mantegazza, who died on Jailuary 28th, was an honorary fellow of long standing. His services to anthropology are well known to all Fellows. At the time of his death, he was President of the " Societa Italiana d'Antropologia, Etnoloaia e Psicologia comparata."
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Paolo Mantegazza (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaolo manteˈɡattsa]; 1831–1910) was a prominent Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist, noted for his experimental investigation of coca leaves into its effects on the human psyche. He was also an author of fiction.
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Mantegazza's published works also included Fisiologia del Dolore (Physiology of Pain, 1880); Fisiologia dell'Amore (Physiology of Love, 1896); Elementi d'igiene (Elements of Hygiene, 1875); Fisonomia e Mimica (Physiognomy and Mimics, 1883); Gli Amori degli Uomini (The Sexual Relations of Mankind, 1885); Fisiologia dell'odio, (Physiology of Hate, 1889); and Fisiologia della Donna (Physiology of Women, 1893). His advanced philosophical and social views were published in a 1,200-page volume in 1871, titled Quadri della Natura Umana. Feste ed Ebbrezze ("Pictures of Human Nature. Feasts and Inebriations"). Many consider this opus his masterpiece.
As a fiction writer, Mantegazza was very original. He wrote a romance on the marriage between people with disease, Un Giorno a Madera (1876), which made quite a sensation. Less well known is his science fiction and futuristic romance L'Anno 3000 (The Year 3000, written in 1897).