Edmund O'Meara (1614 to 1681), known in Irish as Éamonn Ó Meadhra and also as Edmund Meara, was an Irish physiologist and one of the last prominent champions of the medical ideas of Galen. He was the son of Dermod O'Meara, who was a physician, poet and author. He is remembered today for his criticism of vivisection: he argued that the agony suffered by laboratory animals distorted the research results, and he used this as a basis to reject William Harvey's ideas about the circulatory system and to defend the earlier theories of Galen. He also wrote an epitaph for Malachy Ó Caollaidhe, although he was unable to locate his grave.
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was an Irish physiologist and one of the last prominent champions of the medical ideas of Galen
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Edmund O'Meara (Irish: Éamonn Ó Meadhra, also known as Edmund Meara; 1614-1681) was an Irish physiologist and one of the last prominent champions of the medical ideas of Galen.
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was an Irish physiologist and one of the last prominent champions of the medical ideas of Galen
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O'Meara is remembered today for his criticism of vivisection
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