William Harvey (1578-1657)

William Harvey (1578-1657): discoverer of the circulation.

William Harvey (1578-1657): discoverer of blood circulation.

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"With much nausea, loathing, and foetor": William Harvey, dissection, and dispassion in early modern medicine.

In early modern England accumulating knowledge of normal and morbid anatomy through dissecting the human body not only led to a better understanding of nature, but also defined the identity of the people who engaged in this activity. This essay analyses the relationship between systemically dismembering the dead and how this pursuit shaped the attitudes and emotions of early modern medical men ...

Two doctors Harvey: William (1578-1657); Samuel Clark (1886-1953).

Preparations for this contribution to the 1979 History of Surgery Lecture at the Yale University School of Medicine were begun in the autumn of 1978, the year which marked the four hundredth anniversary of William Harvey's birth. It was the present writer's original intention to honor the memory of that great medical scientist with a brief biographical note and critique. However, as the researc...

Dogma and experiment in Harvey's time.

Although William Harvey is usually remembered for his discovery of the circulation of the blood, this is not the only reason for choosing him as the pivot of this lecture: it is also his attitude to truth and knowledge which well exemplifies the spirit of his age, and this spirit is more important than any single discovery, however significant. Harvey was born towards the end of the 16th centur...