This presentation was really interesting to me because it showed the amount that Germany contributed to what modern science is today. I was interesting (and slightly gross) to see what they did back then in comparison to what they do now with medicine. Let's be honest, the part about masturbation was pretty interesting also, along with being funny. I was particularly interested in William Harvey because he discovered essentially the main things that are used in science and medicine today.
William Harvey was a physician the explained, in detail, the way blood circulates and how the heart pumps the blood. This was incredibly important because it was the building blocks to working out more of the ways systems work in the body. William Harvey was actually an English man but he is important to German culture because he went to the University of Padua and earned his degree from there. He just goes to show how great German education was.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harvey, 11/6/12
