[Leonardo Botallo, de via sanguinis].
The article deals with the work of the seventeenth century anatomist Cecilio Folli who, between 1639 and 1645, republished a treatise by L. Botallo on the foramen ovale. Both Folli and Botallo, following Aristotelian philosophy, advocated the thesis that this anatomical structure did not disappear in adults.
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Mariacarla Gadebusch
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Ernest Moritz Arndt Universität Greifswald Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, D.
D001790:Blood Physiological Phenomena; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history*