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PublisherForgotten Books
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Book TitleAnatomical Dissertation upon the Movement of the Heart, and Blood in Animals : Being a Statement of the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood (Classic Reprint)
Number of Pages194 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicLife Sciences / Biology
IllustratorYes
GenreScience
AuthorWilliam Harvey
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SynopsisExcerpt from An Anatomical Dissertation Upon the Movement of the Heart, and Blood in Animals: Being a Statement of the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood Doctor William Harvey was the eldest son of Thomas Harvey, of Folkestone, by his second wife Joan Halke. He was born at Folkestone on the 1st of April, 1578. His father is described as a Jurat or Alderman, of Folkestone, where he was elected to the Office and Dignity of Mayor in the year 1600. Beyond this Thomas Harvey, the family genealogy lapses into trackless obscurity; although he is considered by a Genealogist of the Harveys as 'apparently descended from or of the same branch 'of the family as Sir Walter Harvey, "Pepperer" Warden 'or Mayor of London 1272-3 who bore like arms, ' - but of this vague relationship, which probably the Doctor himself never heard of, there is no satisfactory evidence. Thomas Harvey was undoubtedly a highly respectable person as Burgess, Alderman and Mayor of Folkestone, which was then a small fishing town with a more or less romantic trade in smuggling, where he was probably engaged in some business occupation. By his second Wife Joan, whom he wedded in the year 1577, he had seven sons and two daughters, of whom Doctor Harvey was the eldest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Excerpt from An Anatomical Dissertation Upon the Movement of the Heart, and Blood in Animals: Being a Statement of the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood Doctor harvey's work De M otu Cordis, ' setting forth his discovery, was on its publication, as is well known, generally rejected but it is not perhaps generally recollected that no ocular demonstration of the actual Circulation of the Blood was possible at that time; nor until the introduction of the micro scope which was not till after his time. In this consists doctor harvey's true greatness that he arrived at his discovery by faith in inductive reasoning as an infallible guide to Truth. He was indeed a true Seer and his discovery is the most beneficial to mankind that has yet been made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
