Circulatory System, Heart Anatomy, Blood Posters & Charts,
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Veins and Arteries System
A vein is a blood vessel that carries back toward the heart, an artery is a blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart.

• Andreas Vesalius

Anatomical Diagram of the Human Circulatory and Digestive System, c. 1425-50

The Heart, Plate from 'Anatomy of the Visceras, Dissected, Painted

Anatomical Drawing of Hearts and Blood Vessels from Quaderni Di Anatomia Vol 2; Folio 3V, Leonardo da Vinci

Blood Letting, from 'Tractatus de Pestilencia'

Blood Transfusion from a Lamb, from 'Armamentarii Chirurgici'

Performing the Operation of the Transfusion of Blood at the Hospital of Pity, Paris, France

Charles Drew
b. 6-3-1904; Washington, DC
d. 4-1-1950

Charles Drew was a medical researcher in the field of blood transfusions. His techniques of separating and storing blood components, such as blood plasma, were applied to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II. Dr. Drew also protested the racial segregation of donated blood since blood can be safely transfused from one person to another regardless of ethnicity if the blood types are compatible.

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William Harvey
b. 4-1-1578; England
d. 6-3-1657

William Harvey, a physician, described the circulatory system as blood being pumped around the body by the heart before returning to the heart and being re-circulated in a closed system in 1616, and published his work in 1628.

• The Anatomical Exercises: de Motu Cordis and de Circulatione Sanguinis by William Harvey (translation)
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Dr. Michael DeBakey
b. 9-7-1908; Lake Charles, LA
d. 7-11-2008; Houston, TX

Michael DeBakey was a medical pioneer, innovator, educator and internationally renowed heart surgeon.

Dr. Christiaan Barnard
b. 11-8-1922; South Africa
d. 9-2-2001