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Alcmaeon, a Greek physician and psyciologist, was the first person to have dissected human bodies to conduct research.
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Hippocrates, a Greek physician, is traditionally referred to as the father of medicine. He founded the Hippocratic Oath and also laid the foundations of medicine as a science.
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Herophilus, a physician and anatomist, is credited with being the first known anatomist. He is often called the father of anatomy and was one of the firsts to do public dissections on human cadavers.
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Claudius Galen, a physician, surgeon,and philosopher, was the first to prove that urine is formed in the kidneys and that arteries carry blood.
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Leonardo da Vinci, a polymath, crested a total of over 500 diagrams on the human anatomy and has some of the most admired art work on the human anatomy.
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Andreas Vesalius, a physician and anatomist, is the author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy and is often referred to as the father of modern human anatomy.
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William Harvey, a physician, was the first to describe and detail the systemic circulation.
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Rene Laennec, a physician, invented the stethoscope. Laennec then went on to use it to diagnose various chest conditions
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Henry Gray, and anatomist and surgeon, is mainly remembered for publishing the book Gray's Anatomy. At the age of 25, Gray was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Dr. Joseph Murray successfully completed a kidney transplant, which was the first successful organ transplant in history.
