Description: (Physician)
Andrea Cesalpino was a distinguished Florentine physician, philosopher, and botanist known for his significant contributions to botany and medicine. He developed an innovative approach to plant classification based on fruits and seeds and conducted pioneering work in plant and animal physiology. Cesalpino became the director of the botanical garden in Pisa after Luca Ghini and influenced prominent figures like botanist Pietro Castelli. His groundbreaking ideas in medicine, including the concept of "chemical circulation," foreshadowed William Harvey's later research on the physical circulation of blood.