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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), a Dutch microbiologist was the first to see human sperm under a microscope. His methodology for collection was limited by his religious beliefs and only collected samples after
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The 17th-century cloth merchant who discovered the vast realm of tiny microbes – an appreciation of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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