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Facts, and facts alone, are the foundation of science...When one devotes oneself to experimental research it is in order to augment the sum of known facts, or to discover their mutual relations.
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Every one is fond of comparing himself to something great and grandiose, as Louis XIV likened himself to the sun, and others have had like similes. I am more humble. I am a mere street scavenger (chiffonier) of science. With my hook in my hand and my basket on my back, I go about the streets of science, collecting what I find.
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Born:
October 6, 1783
Died:
October 7, 1855
(aged 72)
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François Magendie was a French physiologist, considered a pioneer of experimental physiology. He is known for describing the foramen of Magendie.
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