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  1. Harvey, William Harveynoun

    English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)

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  1. William Harvey

    William Harvey (1 April 1578 – 3 June 1657) was an English physician who made influential contributions in anatomy and physiology. He was the first known physician to describe completely, and in detail, the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and the rest of the body by the heart, though earlier writers, such as Realdo Colombo, Michael Servetus, and Jacques Dubois, had provided precursors of the theory.

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  1. william harvey

    William Harvey (1578 – 1657) was an English physician and medical researcher, best known for his discovery of the circulation of blood through the body, pumped by the heart. This was a revolutionary breakthrough in understanding the human body's physiology and laid the foundation for modern cardiovascular medicine. He also contributed to the development of embryology with his work on chick and deer embryos. His findings were outlined in his book 'Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus' (Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals), which is considered a landmark in medical history. Harvey's discoveries countered the previously held medical theories of Galen and set the stage for the scientific revolution in medicine.

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  1. William Harvey

    William Harvey was an English physician. He was the first to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the body by the heart, though earlier writers had provided precursors of the theory. After his death the William Harvey Hospital was constructed in the town of Ashford, several miles from his birthplace of Folkestone.

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    The numerical value of William Harvey in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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    The numerical value of William Harvey in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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