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Exercitatio anatomica de structura et usu renum
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Exercitatio anatomica de structura et usu renum

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    In Exercitatio anatomica de structura et usu renum (1662; “Anatomical Exercise on the Structure and Function of the Kidney”), published when he was a 19-year-old student at the University of Pisa, Bellini showed for the first time that the kidney consists of an immense number of…

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