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Harvey, William
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English physician who discovered the circulation of blood. In 1628 he published his book De motu cordis/On the Motion of the Heart and the Blood in Animals. He also explored the development of chick and deer embryos.
Harvey's discovery marked the beginning of the end of medicine as taught by Galen, which had been accepted for 1,400 years.
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