HISTORICAL NOTES 



GREAT PHYSIOLOGISTS 



1500 Achillini, 1461-1512. Release of anatomy from 



the influence of Galen. Practice of dissection. 

 1530 Vesalius, 1514-1564. Anatomy of heart and 



vessels. 

 1540 Falloposis, 1528-1562. Colombus, died 1559. 



Circulation valves. 



1550 Eustachius, 1520-1574. Vessels, etc., Anatomist. 

 Servetus, 1509-1553. Discovery of pulmonary 



circulation* 



1560 Fabricius al aquapendente, 1537-1619. Vessels. 

 1580 Caesalpinus, 1519-1603. Anatomist. Forerunner 



of Harvey. 

 1610 William Harvey, 1578-1657. Circulation of the 



blood. De motu cordis et sanguinis, published 



1628. 



1620 Asselli, about 1622. Discovery of the lacteaU. 

 1640 Borelli, 1608-1679. Animal motion. The heart. 

 1650 Pecquet, about 1621. Discovery of thoracic duct. 



Boyle, 1627-1691. Laws of gases. 

 1660 Malpighi, 1628-1694. Discovery of capillaries. 

 1670 Leeuwenhoek. Microscopical investigations. 

 Hooke, 1635-1702. Theory of respiration. 

 Mayow, 1645-1679. Theory of respiration. 

 1680 Ruysch, 1638-1731. Art of injecting vessels. 

 1700 Boerhaave, 1668-1738. General physiology. 

 1710 Stephen Hales, 1677-1761. Hydraulics of the 



circulation. 



Morgagni, 1682-1771. Beginning of pathology. 

 1740 Haller, 1708-1777. Theory of muscular irritability. 

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