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William Harvey
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William Harvey was an English doctor and teacher. he was the first to correctly describe and prove that blood circulates through the body and that the heart is responsible for pumping blood. William Harvey should be set free because he done no harm to any people and was just trying to figure out how blood circulated in the human body.

Harvey discovered that blood circulates through the body and the heart is responsible for pumping blood. in 1599 at the age of 21, He enrolled at the university of padua in Italy, which was acclaimed for its medical and anatomy courses. The greatest influence was one of his teachers named Hieronymus fabricius, who was a skilled anatomist and surgeon. The two became friends
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