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Fathers of Biology · Charles McRae — chapter 10 of 12 · ~141 words · public domain

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Browne, Sir Thomas, 65

Cæsalpinus, 98

Calcar, Jean, 71

Callisthenes, 24

Capillaries, discovery of the, 99

"Corporis Humani Fabrica," 72

Cuvier's exaggerated praise of Aristotle, 41

"Dead image of God," the, 65

"De Anatome," 66

"De Motu Cordis et Sanguinis," 88-92

"De usu Radicis Chinæ," 73

Disease, causes of, 7

"Disease, The Sacred," 6

Diseases, natural history of, 9

Dissection of the human body, 10, 52

"Divine old man," the, 3

Don Carlos, cure of, 75

Ductus venosus, observed by Vesalius, 79

Ent, Dr., 96

"Epigenesis" and "evolution" compared, 40, 102

Erasistratus, 47, 58, 85

Etienne's observation confirmed by Vesalius, 79

Eustachius, discovery of the thoracic duct of the horse by, 100

Fabricius of Aquapendente, 85, 92

Fallopius, anatomical observations of, 77

"Father of medicine," the, 3

Foramen ovale, valve guarding the, 79

Franciscus Puteus, reply to, by Gabriel Cuneus, 77

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