Lorenzo Bellini: Quick Facts

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Born	September 3, 1643 • Florence • Italy
Died	January 8, 1704 (aged 60) • Florence • Italy
Notable Works	“Exercitatio anatomica de structura et usu renum”
Subjects Of Study	renal collecting tubule

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Lorenzo Bellini, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist

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Matteo Colombo, oil painting by an unknown artist

Matteo Realdo Colombo

Italian physician

Fabricius ab Aquapendente, oil painting by an unknown artist

Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente

Italian surgeon

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Mondino De’ Luzzi

Italian physician

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Giacomo Berengario da Carpi

Italian physician

William Harvey

William Harvey

English physician

Galen of Pergamum

Galen

Greek physician

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René Laënnec

French physician

Andreas Vesalius

Andreas Vesalius

Belgian physician

Florence Sabin, c. 1915.

Florence Rena Sabin

American anatomist

The “father of scientific surgery”

John Hunter

British surgeon

Franciscus Sylvius

Franciscus Sylvius

German physician

Cheselden, William

William Cheselden

British surgeon and teacher

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Herophilus

Alexandrian physician

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Alexander Monro, secundus

Scottish physician, anatomist, and educator

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Alexander Monro, primus

Scottish physician and professor of anatomy

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Jean Cruveilhier

French pathologist

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Erasistratus Of Ceos

Greek physician

Caspar Bartholin, detail of a lithograph by Baerentzen after a contemporary portrait by an unknown artist, 1615

Caspar Berthelsen Bartholin

Danish physician and theologian

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Sir William Jenner, 1st Baronet

British physician

Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian artist, engineer, and scientist