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1600

William Harvey restarted an arrested pigeon's heart by a simple flick of the finger (Aquilina).  He arrives at University of Padua, from which he receives his doctorate in 1602 and returns to Cambridge, where he receives his license and becomes a candidate at the College of Physicians in 1602 and a Fellow in 1607 (Chauvois, 92ff.). He receives appointment as physician to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in 1609 (96).