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Colombo, Matteo Realdo (sh)




born 1516?, Cremona [Italy]
died 1559, Rome

Italian anatomist and surgeon.

He is credited with the discovery of pulmonary circulation. On Things Anatomical (1559), his only formal written work, includes a description of how the heart pumps blood and outlines the pulmonary circulation and the return of bright-red blood to the heart from the lungs.