Domenico Bottoni ( 1641 - 1721 )

Birth: Lentini, Italy (06 October 1641) Death: c. 1721 (a letter addressed to him on 27 June 1721 indicates that he was still living) Profession: Physician Research Field: Medicine Education: Jesuit College in Messina; Messina University; MB (1658?) Career: Physician to the University of Messina; friend of Marcello Malpighi (FRS 1669); Physician to Simone Carafa, Archbishop of Messina and to the Viceroy, the Marchese di Villafranca; Physician in the Ospedale dei Pelligrini, Palermo; Chief Physician to the Viceroy of Naples (under an assumed name, as the post was reserved for natives of the City); Professor of Philosophy at Naples for four years; returned to Messina (1692); Physician to the Reale Albergo, a kind of quarantine station for foreign sailors Membership: Fellow Election Date: 23/10/1695.