Felice Fontana (1730-1805). Although encouraged in the direction of a religious career at a very early age by his father, he never really felt any particular inclination for his calling. He was one of the most famous Italian scientists of the Eighteenth century. He organized the setting up of the Florentine Imperial and Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History on behalf of Grand Duke of Tuscany Peter Leopold Lorraine-Habsburg, and he became its first Director. In this museum, known also as the Museo della Specola or Observatory Museum, Fontana organized an wax anatomical modelling workshop, which soon became the most famous workshop of its kind in all Europe. The story goes that Fontana loved studying anatomy so much that he even took the anatomical parts he was studying to the table with him at meal times. His discoveries included the poison sacs of the viper.