Harvey demonstrating circulation of the blood

Harvey demonstrating circulation of the blood to the College of Physicians, circa 1628. William Harvey (1578-1657), English physician, published his famous De motu cordis... ('Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals'), in 1628. In this work he was the first to use scientific method to explain a biological problem. From Vies des Savants Illustres, Louis Figuier, (Paris 1870)

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