Johann Vesling

Johann Vesling (Latin: Veslingius; 1598 – 30 August 1649) was a German anatomist and botanist from Minden, Westphalia.

In the same year he traveled to Egypt and Jerusalem, where he was the personal physician of the Venice consul, and also conducted extensive studies of regional flora (particularly medicinal plants).

[1][2] Vesling is best remembered for the 1641 publication of Syntagma anatomicum, publicis dissectionibus, in auditorum usum, diligenter aptatum, a popular textbook based on his anatomical dissections in Padua.

[3] Vesling also performed important studies of blood circulation, and was one of the first physicians to describe the brain's circle of Willis.

[4] Vesling's work influenced the Japanese physician Touyou Yamawaki (1705-1762)[5] and the English scientist John Evelyn.