De Motu Arteriarum

Aristotle's De motu animalium

De Motu Locali Animalium

The bright light of William Harvey's discovery of the nature of the blood's circulation usually outshines his other contributions, notably the important studies on the embryology of the chick and the deer. However, the Exercitationes de generatione animalium at least was published (1651). Now Dr. Whitteridge, at the invitation of the Royal College of Physicians, has made accessible a virtually ...

De Artificio Mechanico Musculorum: Teleological and Mechanical Reasoning in William Harvey’s De motu locali animalium

The echo of Harvey's De Motu Cordis (1628) 1628 to 1657.

De Motu Cerebri: The History of the Study of Brain Pulsations

Pulsations of the brain were observed and noted since antiquity. Galenic concepts that the brain pulsations propel psychic pneuma to the nerves were challenged during the Renaissance and replaced by other theories. During the age of the Enlightenment, scientists began to study by observation and experiment whether these pulsations were generated by the dura mater, the respiratory movements or t...