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Santorio Santorio

Italian physiologist
Santorio Santorio whose real name was Santorio Santori better known in English as Sanctorius of Padua was an Italian physiologist, physician, and professor, who introduced the quantitative approach into the life sciences and is considered the... Wikipedia
Born: March 29, 1561, Koper, Slovenia
Died: February 25, 1636 (age 74 years), Venice, Italy
Known for: Discoveries concerning metabolism and invention of technical instruments