BELLINI, Laurence, an eminent physician, born at Florence in the year 1643. After having finished his studies in general literature, he went to Pisa, where, assisted by the generosity of the grand duke Ferdinand II., he studied under two of the most learned men of that age, Oliva and Borelli, the former of whom instructed him in natural philosophy, and the latter taught him mathematics. At the early age of twenty he was chosen professor of philosophy at Pisa, but did not long continue in this office; for he had acquired such a reputation for skill in anatomy, that the grand duke procured him a professorship in that science. This prince often attended his lectures, and expressed himself highly satisfied with his abilities and performances. Bellini wrote the following books in Latin: 1. An Anatomical Discourse on the Structure and Use of the Kidneys; 2. A Speech by way of Thanks to the serene Duke of Tuscany; 3. Some Anatomical Observations, and a Proposition in Mechanics; 4. Of the Urine and Pulse, of Blood-letting, Fevers, and Diseases of the Head and Breasts; 5. Several Tracts concerning Urine, the motion of the Heart, and Bile, &c. He died in January 1703, in the sixtieth year of his age. The works of Bellini were read and explained publicly during his life, by our countryman Dr Pitcairn, professor of physic in Leyden.