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On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals (Annotated)
By William Harvey
Length3h 30m
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This edition includes the following editor's contextual introduction: William Harvey and the study of blood circulation
First published in 1628, “On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals” (Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus) is the best-known work of the physician William Harvey, which established the circulation of blood throughout the body.
“On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals” is a landmark in the history of physiology, with Harvey combining observations, experiments, measurements, and hypotheses in an extraordinary fashion to arrive at his doctrine. His work is a model of its kind and had an immediate and far-reaching influence on Harvey's contemporaries.
In his study, Harvey investigated the effect of ligatures on blood flow. The book also argued that blood was pumped around the body in a "double circulation", where after being returned to the heart, it is recirculated in a closed system to the lungs and back to the heart, where it is returned to the main circulation.
“On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals” was originally published in Latin. It was translated into English by Robert Willis (1799-1878) and published in 1847 by the Sydenham Society.
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GenreScience and Nature, Health and Wellness, Psychology
Length3 hrs 30 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 7, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1William Harvey and the study of blood circulation
2Dedication
3Introduction
4Chapter 1. The Author’s Motives For Writing
5Chapter 2. On The Motions Of The Heart As Seen In The Dissection Of Living Animals
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6Chapter 3. Of The Motions Of The Arteries, As Seen In The Dissection Of Living Animals
7Chapter 4. Of The Motion Of The Heart And Its Auricles, As Seen In The Bodies Of Living Animals
8Chapter 5. Of The Motion, Action And Office Of The Heart
9Chapter 6. Of The Course By Which The Blood Is Carried From The Vena Cava Into The Arteries, Or From The Right Into The Left Ventricle Of The Heart
10Chapter 7. The Blood Passes Through The Substance Of The Lungs From The Right Ventricle Of The Heart Into The Pulmonary Veins And Left Ventricle
11Chapter 8. Of The Quantity Of Blood Passing Through The Heart From The Veins To The Arteries; And Of The Circular Motion Of The Blood
12Chapter 9. That There Is A Circulation Of The Blood Is Confirmed From The First Proposition
13Chapter 10. The First Position: Of The Quantity Of Blood Passing From The Veins To The Arteries. And That There Is A Circuit Of The Blood, Freed From Objections, And Farther Confirmed By Experiment
14Chapter 11. The Second Position Is Demonstrated
15Chapter 12. That There Is A Circulation Of The Blood Is Shown From The Second Position Demonstrated
16Chapter 13. The Third Position Is Confirmed: And The Circulation Of The Blood Is Demonstrated From It
17Chapter 14. Conclusion Of The Demonstration Of The Circulation
18Chapter 15. The Circulation Of The Blood Is Further Confirmed By Probable Reasons
19Chapter 16. The Circulation Of The Blood Is Further Proved From Certain Consequences
20Chapter 17. The Motion And Circulation Of The Blood Are Confirmed From The Particulars Apparent In The Structure Of The Heart, And From Those Things Which Dissection Unfolds
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