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Jean-Baptiste Denys

Jean-Baptiste Denys
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Jean-Baptiste Denys was a French physician notable for having performed the first fully documented human blood transfusion, a xenotransfusion. He studied in Montpellier and was the personal physician to King Louis XIV.

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  1. Antonie van LeeuwenhoekOctober 24, 1632 – August 26, 1723
  2. Christopher WrenOctober 20, 1632 – February 25, 1723
  3. Geminiano MontanariJune 1, 1633 – October 13, 1687
  4. Jean-Baptiste Denys (this page)circa 1635 – October 3, 1704
  5. Johann Joachim BecherMay 6, 1635 – 1682
  6. Gottfried KirchDecember 18, 1639 – July 25, 1710

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