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“I profess to learn and to teach anatomy not from books but from dissections, not from the tenets of Philosophers but from the fabric of Nature.”

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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