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| | William Harvey |
 | | Harvey, William, 1578–1657, English physician considered by many to have laid the foundation of modern medicine, b. |
 | | Harvey was first to demonstrate the function of the heart and the complete circulation of the blood, a feat especially remarkable because it was accomplished without the aid of a microscope. |
 | | William Henry Harvey - Harvey, William Henry, 1811–66, Irish botanist. |
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