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Colombo, Matteo Realdo |
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Colombo, Matteo Realdo(born 1516?, Cremona [Italy]—died 1559, Rome) Italian anatomist and surgeon. He is credited with the discovery of pulmonary circulation. On Things Anatomical (1559), his only formal written work, includes a description of how the heart pumps blood and outlines the pulmonary circulation and the return of bright-red blood to the heart from the lungs. |
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