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Amatus Lusitano
Born
1511
Castelo Branco, Kingdom of Portugal
Died
1568 (aged 56–57)
Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire
Nationality
Portuguese
Known for
Studied the circulation of the blood
Scientific career
Fields
Physician
João Rodrigues de Castelo Branco, better known as Amato Lusitano and Amatus Lusitanus (1511–1568), was a notable Portuguese Jewish physician of the 16th century. Like Herophilus, Galen, Ibn al-Nafis, Michael Servetus, Realdo Colombo and William Harvey, he is credited as making a discovery in the circulation of the blood. He is said to have discovered the function of the valves in the circulation of the blood.
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