Edmund O'Meara

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Edmund O'Meara (1614-1681) Irish physiologist and one of the last prominent champions of the medical ideas of Galen.[1][2] Son of Dermod O'Meara who was a physician, poet and author. Edmund is remembered today for his criticism of vivisection, stating that the agony suffered by animals distorted the research results, using this as a basis to reject William Harvey's ideas about the circulatory system and defend the earlier theories of Galen.[3]

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  1. ^ Piyo Rattansi and Antonio Clericuzio "Alchemy and Chemistry in the 16th and 17th Centuries" Published 1994, Springer, p61
  2. ^ David C. Lindberg and Robert S. Westman "Reappraisals of the Scientific Revolution" Published 1990 Cambridge University Press, p411 and notes
  3. ^ Arthur J. Donovan "Richard Lower, M.D., Physician and Surgeon (1631–1691)" World Journal of Surgery Volume 28, Number 9 / September, 2004 pages 938-945


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