In his studies of the embryology of the chick, he was the first to identify neural folds, somites, and the aortic arch.  
His only major publication, De pulmonibus, was a detailed study of the structure of the lung.  In his studies of the embryology of the chick, he was the first to identify neural folds, somites, and the aortic arch.  He incorrectly deduced that all organs were made up of glands, but did correctly classify the taste buds.  Later in his life, he was made physician to Pope Innocent XII despite religious objection to some of his experiments.  A layer in the skin, excretory tubules in insects, and some kidney corpuscles are named after him.  FTP, name this anatomist who first observed the movement of blood through capillaries in his native Italy.
His only major publication, De pulmonibus, was a detailed study of the structure of the lung.  
Marcello Malphigi