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Born October 17, 1842 • Stockholm • Sweden
Died July 21, 1919 (aged 76) • Stockholm • Sweden
Notable Works “Das Menschenhirn”
Subjects Of Study ear • nervous system
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Greek physician
Emanuel Swedenborg
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Swedish philosopher
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Torsten Wiesel
Swedish biologist
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Anders Adolf Retzius
Swedish anatomist and anthropologist
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Manuel Gamio
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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.
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William Harvey
William Harvey
English physician
Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist
Marcello Malpighi
Marcello Malpighi
Italian scientist
Franz Boas
Franz Boas
German-American anthropologist
Francis Galton
Francis Galton
British scientist
Sarpi, detail of a portrait (the black spot on his face covers the scar from an unsuccessful attempt on his life in 1607); in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Eng.
Paolo Sarpi
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René Laënnec
French physician
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Johannes Müller
German physiologist
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius
Belgian physician