Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Quotes
If we now plainly perceive that the passage of the blood from the arteries into the veins of the tadpole is not performed in any other than those vessels, which are so minute as only to admit the passage of a single globule at a time, we may conclude that the same is performed in like manner in our own bodies and in those of other animals.
Leeuwenhoek, Antony van. The Select Works of Antony van Leeuwenhoek. Translated by Samuel Hoole, vol. 2, Philanthropic Society, 1807.
Ala-al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali Ibn Abi al-Hazm al-Qarshi al-Dimashqi. The Western Scientist first credited with describing the circulation of blood through the body and showing that Galen erred was William Harvey in 1628, almost 4 centuries later. One theory as to why it took the Christian world so long was that Galen was held in great reverence and Christianity discouraged original thinking and writing which could cost a scientist his life. At the time (the 13th century) the Islamic world was intellectually more liberal and there was no establishment or Islamic vested interest in Galen or his theories.
Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek FRS was a Dutch businessman and scientist in the Golden Age of Dutch science and technology. A largely self-taught man in science, he is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists and microbiologists. Van Leeuwenhoek is best known for his pioneering work in microscopy and for his contributions toward the establishment of microbiology as a scientific discipline.
