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“We need only view a Dissection of that large Mass, the Brain, to have ground to bewail our Ignorance...We admire...the Fibres of every Muscle, and ought still more to admire their disposition in the Brain, where an infinite number of them contained in a very small Space, do each execute their particular Offices without confusion or disorder.”

Quote by Nicolas Steno

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Nicolas Steno, born on January 1, 1638, and died on November 25, 1686, was a Danish anatomist, paleontologist, and geologist. He holds a significant place in the history of science and is considered one of the founders of modern geology. more

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