Miller J M
South Med J. 1983 Sep;76(9):1167-8. doi: 10.1097/00007611-198309000-00028.
With his back to the academically poorly oriented times of medieval Europe, Copernicus, the medical man, led the world into a concept of infinite space. His revolutionary concepts of astrophysics formed a buttress for the efforts of his successors. He looked to the stars, but he also had time to look at and help man.