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Franciscus Sylvius
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Franciscus Sylvius
Franciscus Sylvius
(15 March 1614 – 19 November 1672), born
Franz de le Boë
, was a Dutch
physician
and
scientist
(
chemist
,
physiologist
and
anatomist
) who was an early champion of
Descartes
',
Van Helmont
's and
William Harvey
's work and theories. He was one of the earliest defenders of
the theory of circulation of the blood
in the Netherlands, and commonly falsely cited as the inventor of
gin
.
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