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“It is, however, an argument of no weight to say that natural bodies are first generated or compounded out of those things into which they are at the last broken down or dissolved.”

Quote by William Harvey

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William Harvey was an English physician who is considered one of the founders of physiology. He is renowned for his discovery of the principle of the circulation of the blood, which revolutionized the field of medicine. Born on April 1, 1578, he died on June 3, 1657. more

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