Years in Rome
In 1691 Pope Innocent XII invited him to Rome as Papal physician. He taught medicine in the Papal Medical School and wrote a long treatise about his studies which he donated to the Royal Society of London.
Marcello Malpighi died of apoplexy (an old-fashioned term for a stroke or stroke-like symptoms) in Rome on September 30, 1694 at the age of 66. In accordance with his wishes, an autopsy was performed. The Royal Society published his studies in 1696.
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