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||1609: Judah Loew ben Bezalel dies ... rabbi, mystic and philosopher.
||1609: Judah Loew ben Bezalel dies ... rabbi, mystic and philosopher.


||1677: Stephen Hales born ... physiologist and chemist, invented Forceps.
||1677: Stephen Hales born ... clergyman who made major contributions to a range of scientific fields including botany, pneumatic chemistry and physiology. He was the first person to measure blood pressure. He also invented several devices, including a ventilator, a pneumatic trough and a surgical forceps for the removal of bladder stones.  Pic.


||1683: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules": the first known description of protozoa.
||1683: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules": the first known description of protozoa.

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