Amato Lusitano Italian Doctor
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First Name |
Amato
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Last Name |
Lusitano
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Birthday |
30th November, 1510
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Birthplace |
Castelo Branco, Kingdom of Portugal
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Died |
1568
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Place of Death |
Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire
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Nationality |
Italian
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Occupation |
Doctor
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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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