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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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William Harvey
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(1578–1657) Physician who discovered the circulation of the blood. He announced his discovery in the learned manner of the day in a Latin text – Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus 1628 (Anatomical treatise on the movement of the heart and blood in animals). Harvey's researches were ahead of their time in being supported by detailed evidence from experiments on a wide range of animals, including dogs, pigs, snakes, frogs, fishes, lobsters, shrimps, oysters and even the humble slug. His dissections of human cadavers included, astonishingly, those of his own father and sister and (in 1635) of *Old Parr.
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