Harvey's heart : the discovery of blood circulation
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Harvey's heart : the discovery of blood circulation
（Revolutions in science / series editor, Jon Turney）
Icon Books, 2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-149)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The tale of William Harvey's momentous discovery - that the blood vessels form a closed system, carrying blood pumped rapidly around the body by the heart - is one of ingenuity, imagination and perseverence, and remarkable use of experiment, observation and skill.
Table of Contents
- ContentsIntroduction 1 The Background to Harvey's Discovery Galen
- Galen on the Heart and Blood
- Harvey
- The Renaissance
- Vesalius
- Fabricius
- Renaissance Art
- Renaissance Art and Anatomy Harvey's Discovery of the Circulation De Motu Cordis
- The Circulation
- The Venous Valves
- The Ligature Experiments
- The Flow-Rate Experiment
- The Motion of the Heart
- The Pulseand the Heart Valves3 The Nature of Harvey's Discovery The Scientific Revolution
- Harvey and Aristotle
- Harvey and Quantification
- Harvey and Mechanical Models
- Harvey and the Natural Magic Tradition
- Harvey and Witchcraft
- Harvey and the ScientificRevolution4 The Reception of Harvey's Discovery Opposition to Harvey
- The Theory of 'Ebullition'
- What is Actually Seen?
- Other Objections
- The Dispute with Descartes
- Harvey's Later WorkConclusionFurther Reading Glossary
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