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William Harvey

Born

in Folkestone, England, The United Kingdom

February 10, 1578

Died

June 03, 1657

Genre

Science, Medicine, Physiology

Influences

Galen, Michael Servetus, Renaldus Columbus, Andrea Cesalpino, Andreas ...more

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William Harvey (1 April 1578 – 3 June 1657) was an English physician. He was the first to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and body by the heart, though earlier writers had provided precursors of the theory. After his death the William Harvey Hospital was constructed in the town of Ashford, several miles from his birthplace of Folkestone.

At the time of Harvey's publication, Galen had been an influential medical authority for several centuries. Galen believed that blood passed between the ventricles by means of invisible pores. According to Galen's views, the venous system was quite ...more

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	On The Motion Of The Heart And Blood In Animals 3.71 avg rating — 347 ratings — published 1628 — 147 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Circulation of the Blood and Other Writings by William Harvey, Andrew Wear (Editor), Kenneth J. Franklin (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1977 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Trip Through Time, Brushy Mountain Prison: The Road To Hell 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disputations touching the generation of animals by William Harvey, G. Whitteridge (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1981	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spanish for the Rest of Us 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood - Revolutionizing Medicine: William Harvey's Groundbreaking Discovery of Blood Circulation 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from the Thousand and One Nights by William Harvey (Contributor), N J Dawood (Translation) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Spanish Grammar Review 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Symbolism and Discourses on the Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason Blue Lodge Degrees: Foundations of Freemasonry Series by William Harvey, Albert G. MacKey, Arthur Edward Waite 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works of William Harvey by William Harvey, Arthur C. Guyton 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Doctrine once sown strikes deep its root, and respect for antiquity influences all men.”
― William Harvey

tags: quoted-in-descartes-bones, science

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“The heart of animals is the foundation of their life, the sovereign of everything within them, the sun of their microcosm, that upon which all growth depends, from which all power proceeds.”
― William Harvey, An anatomical disquisition on the motion of the heart and blood in animals

tags: animals, foundation, growth, heart, life, physiology, power, science

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“Very many maintain that all we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown.”
― William Harvey, On The Motion Of The Heart And Blood In Animals

tags: physician

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