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“I know that certain minds would regard as audacious the idea of relating the laws which preside over the play of our organs to those laws which govern inanimate bodies; but, although novel, this truth is none the less incontestable. To hold that the phenomena of life are entirely distinct from the general phenomena of nature is to commit a grave error, it is to oppose the continued progress of science.”

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Francois Magendie
Francois Magendie

French physiologist born on October 6, 1783, and died on October 7, 1855. Francois Magendie is known for his research on the nervous system and his contributions to physiological experimental methods. more

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