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Article: Reyna, Francisco De La
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- Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
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REYNA, FRANCISCO DE LA
(
b
. Spain [?], ca. 1520)
physiology
Little is know of Reyna
’
s life except that he was a farrier, veterinary surgeon, and
“
swine-doctor
”
of Zamora who cared for the horese of the Spanish nobility. The license for printing Reyna
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s popular
Libro de Albeyteria was issued
at madrid in 1546, and the earliest dated edition know is that of Astorga, 1547. The manual, which went through at least thirteen editions, contains a controversial passage on the anatomy and physiology of the horse which has occasionally engaged the attention of historians since the eighteenth century, when Benito Feijoo y Montenegro claimed for Reyna the discovery of the ...
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Article: Reyna Shines As Key U.S. Team Player
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May 30, 2002 ;
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... ... SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ Claudio Reyna's time has come. He doesn't score ... forward Josh Wolff said. In Europe, Reyna is Captain America, the most expensive ... transform the tempo. Teammates turn to Reyna, on and off the field, a big reason U ...
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