. SERVETUS THE next contribution to our knowledge of the circula- tion comes from a most unexpected source. It is not found in a scientific work but in a book on Theology. The recurrence of the discussion in such a place suggests how wide was the interest taken in the problem. The author of this work was Michael Servetus. As his career was one of the most remarkable and tragic in the whole history of science, we shall say a few words about him. Michael Servetus was born in 1511 at Tudela. That town is situated in Navarre, a district in the north of Spain, close to the French frontier. Servetus
. SERVETUS THE next contribution to our knowledge of the circula- tion comes from a most unexpected source. It is not found in a scientific work but in a book on Theology. The recurrence of the discussion in such a place suggests how wide was the interest taken in the problem. The author of this work was Michael Servetus. As his career was one of the most remarkable and tragic in the whole history of science, we shall say a few words about him. Michael Servetus was born in 1511 at Tudela. That town is situated in Navarre, a district in the north of Spain, close to the French frontier. Servetus was educated mainly in France,—first at Toulouse, where he studied theology, and then at Paris, where he studied medicine and law. It is interesting to learn that he had there the same teachers as Vesalius. It is even possible that the two were actually fellow-students. After Servetus left Paris he led a somewhat wandering life. At this time religious feeling ran very high in France, and indeed throughout Europe. The religious movement known as the Reformation was very recent and was still in progress. There was much bitterness between Catholics and Protestants, and neither party was willing to spare the other or to have mercy on any within their own body who was suspected of heretical views. Servetus was an inveterate theological disputant, and he wrote books that were most unwelcome to both parties. 39
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