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Francisco Salva Campillo | |
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| Francesc Salvà i Campillo | |
 Francisco Salva Campillo (1900) by José María Marqués y García; tribute paid to him by the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia | |
| Born | (1751-07-12)July 12, 1751 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Died | February 13, 1828(1828-02-13) (aged 76) |
| Other names | Francisco Salvá |
| Alma mater | University of Valencia, University of Huesca, Spain,University of Toulouse |
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Francisco Salva Campillo (Catalan:Francesc Salvà i Campillo, July 12, 1751 – February 13, 1828) was a SpanishCatalan prominentlate-Enlightenment period scientist known for working as a physician, physicist, and meteorologist.
Francisco Salva Campillo was born inBarcelona,Catalonia, Spain, on July 12, 1751.[1] He was the son of Dr. Jerome Salvà Pontich, a staff physician atBarcelona General Hospital and Eulalia Campillo, his mother came from a wealthy family that worked in the pharmacy industry.[1] During his adolescence, his extraordinary abilities attracted the attention of theBishop of Barcelona,Josep Climent, who advised his parents to let him study medicine in Valencia.[citation needed]
He studied at theUniversity of Valencia, where he completed his course in three years instead of the usual four. In 1771, he successfully passed the B.Phil. degree in medicine from theUniversity of Huesca, Spain.[1] He later earned his doctorate in medicine at theUniversity of Toulouse.[1]
He started a medical school in Barcelona in an effort to train more doctors and took a special interest invaccination, particularly against the disease ofsmallpox. He received several awards from theParis Society of Medicine.[citation needed]
In 1773, he became, along with Vincent Mitjavila, one of the founding teachers of theAcademy of Medical Practice, which is now part of theUniversity of Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona), Faculty of Medicine.[2] This school was founded in an attempt to unite the two disciplines of clinical and non-clinical studies into a ‘united faculty'.[2]
In 1795, Dr. Salva presented at theRoyal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona [es] (Spanish: Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona) his first report devoted to "Electricity Applied to Telegraphy."[3][4] Salva demonstrated the basis of electrictelegraphy, anticipating the wireless telegraph and undersea cables.[3]
The presentation of Salva attracted the attention of government and he received a formal invitation to demonstrate his telegraphic skills before the Royal Family inAranjuez.[4]
Salva died on February 13, 1828. He left behind a massive library composed of more than five hundred thousand volumes on medical topics. Along with these works, he bequeathed to theRoyal Academy of Medicine of Barcelona a sum of four thousand pounds and in accordance with his will, his heart is preserved in an urn, with his books at the same location.[citation needed]
ArtistPaul DeMarinis was inspired by Salva for his workThe Messenger (1998–2006), which examines the myths of electricity in communication.[5]
On 16th December 1795 Salvá presented the paper "Electricity applied to telegraphy".
In 1795 appeared before the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona with his first report dedicated to "Electricity applied to telegraphy"., Salva's presentation drew the Spanish government attention, which sent a formal invitation for a demonstration before the Royal Family in Aranjuez.
