Amato, Lusitano, 1511-1568
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Name (Hebrew)
אמטוס לוזיטנוס, 1511-1568
Name (Latin)
Amato, Lusitano, 1511-1568
Other forms of name
Amatus Lusitanus, 1511-1568
Juan Rodrigo de Castel Branco
Rodriguez de Castello Branco, João
Lusitanus, Amatus
Castello Branco, João Rodriguez De, 1511-1568
Amatus Lusitanus
Lusitano, Amato
João Rodriguez de Castello Branco
Branco, João Rodriguez de Castello, 1511-1568
Date of birth
1511
Date of death
1568
Place of birth
Castelo Branco (Castelo Branco, Portugal)
Field of activity
Medicine
Occupation
Physicians
Associated Language
por
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
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Wikipedia description:
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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