The Ottoman Empire's Greatest Physician Died Hiding a Heresy
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The Ottoman Empire's Greatest Physician Died Hiding a Heresy

When the Ottoman Empire's most famous physician died in 1506, his autopsy revealed something that would have gotten him executed as a heretic.

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