Greg Jenner
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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So this is the circulatory system.
He figures out that the heart pumps blood around the body.
Sure, he gets the principle of it.
And this is a major revolution in the history of medicine, which is important.
And to a certain extent, he's doing that because he's got a lot of bodies around because of the English Civil War, right?
There's violence, there's wars, there's battles, there's dead bodies everywhere.
So he's sort of going, all right, I've seen some bodies.
Just before.
Yeah, just before.
I think a little bit before.
Yeah, I think the 1640s and 50s, I think.
The other person we need to talk about is Christopher Wren.
Ria, do you know the name Christopher Wren?
He dabbled in cathedrals.
He dabbled in cathedrals.
Yeah, I could do you a cathedral.
But no, he's a doctor.
So he is, you know.
That's not true.
You're a comedian, virologist, a musician.