Editing Gastroenterology (section)

=== 18th century ===
* [[Italy|Italian]] [[Lazzaro Spallanzani]] (1729–99) was among early [[physician]]s to disregard Galen's theories, and in 1780 he gave experimental proof on the action of [[gastric juice]] on foodstuffs.
* In 1767, [[Germany|German]] [[Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann|Johann von Zimmermann]] wrote an important work on [[dysentery]].
* In 1777, [[Maximilian Stoll]] of [[Vienna]] described [[gallbladder cancer|cancer of the gallbladder]].<ref>Edgardo Rivera, MD
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