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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: 16th-century Spanish physicians, 17th-century Spanish physicians, 18th-century Spanish physicians, Catalan physicians, Medieval Spanish physicians, Spanish dermatologists, Spanish surgeons, Michael Servetus, Petrus Alphonsi, Juan Gervas, Gomez Pereira, Santiago Ramon y Cajal, Fidel Pages, Severo Ochoa, Andres Laguna, Fernando Bonilla-Musoles, Agustin Aznar, Jaume Canellas Galindo, Jose Maria Valderas Martinez, Jose Maria Albinana, Francisco Valles, Isaac Cardoso, Francisco Hernandez de Toledo, Julio Iglesias, Sr., Luis F. Alvarez, Gregorio Maranon, Peter of Spain, Nicolas Monardes, Miguel Angel Martinez-Gonzalez, Moses Hamon, Geronimo de Santa Fe, Josep Trueta, Francisco Javier de Balmis, Paolo Macchiarini, Juan Huarte de San Juan, Xavier Vilanova i Montiu, Astruc Remoch, Ibn al-Kattani, Joachim Carvallo, Antonio Ponce de Santa Cruz, Felipe Trigo, Francisco Bravo, Pedro Cavadas, Isaac Uziel, Diego Alvarez Chanca, Ignacio Barraquer, Fatima Aburto Baselga, Abraham of Aragon, Josep Tolosa, Juan Maeso, Juan Manuel Montero Vazquez, Gaspar Casal, Mark of Toledo, Manuel Casal, Antoni de Gimbernat, Juan Almenar, Carlos Logario, Francois Tosquelles. Excerpt: Michael Servetus (also Miguel Servet or Miguel Serveto; 29 September 1511 - 27 October 1553) was a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer, and humanist. He was the first European to describe the function of pulmonary circulation. His interests included many sciences: mathematics, astronomy and meteorology, geography, human anatomy, medicine and pharmacology, as well as jurisprudence, and the scholarly study of the Bible in its original languages. He is renowned in the history of several of these fields, particularly medicine and theology. He participated in the Protestant Reformation, and later developed a nontrinitarian Christology. Condemned by Catholics and Prote...