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    Ó Glacáin was a pioneer in pathological anatomy, with his work predating that of anatomist Giovanni Battista Morgagni by several decades. Ó Glacáin was...
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    Tractatus de Peste, published at Toulouse in May 1629, Irish physician Niall Ó Glacáin references the protective clothing worn by plague doctors, which included...
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    Giovanni de Ventura as a community plague doctor. The Irish physician, Niall Ó Glacáin (c. 1563–1653) earned deep respect in Spain, France and Italy for his...
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    invasion force would be sent to Ireland." Tyrconnell-born plague doctor Niall Ó Glacáin records enjoying O'Donnell's gracious hospitality at the Spanish court...
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  • authors. Plague breaks out in Mantua and spreads to Milan. In Toulouse, Niall Ó Glacáin publishes Tractatus de Peste. In Rome, Giovanni Branca publishes Le...
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    son of an Irish doctor, is referenced by Tyrconnell-born physician Niall Ó Glacáin as a patient he treated in Valencia. The Annals note further that the...
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  • Eoin Ó Gnímh and Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh. His contemporaries include Peregrine O'Duignan, Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, Richard Martyn, Daibhidh Ó Duibhgheannáin...
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  • daughters, and a son, Micheal Ó Flaithbheartaigh. Tadhg Og Ó Cianáin Peregrine Ó Duibhgeannain Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh Mícheál Ó Cléirigh James Ussher Sir James...
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    Girolamo Maggi Virgilio Malvezzi Paracelsus 17th century Giovanni Cassini Niall Ó Glacáin Marcello Malpighi Pietro Mengoli Lodovico Scapinelli 18th century Laura...
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    The O'Donnell dynasty (Irish: Ó Dónaill or Ó Domhnaill, Ó Doṁnaill or Ua Domaill; meaning "descendant of Dónal") were the dominant Irish clan of the kingdom...
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