Volume 2

The anatomical exercises of Dr. William Harvey, professor of physick and physician to the Kings Majesty, concerning the motion of the heart and blood / With the preface of Zachariah Wood, physician of Roterdam. To which is added Dr. James de Back his Discourse of the heart. Physician in ordinary to the town of Roterdam. [And] Two anatomical exercitations concerning the circulation of the blood. The author, William Harvey.

  • Harvey, William, 1578-1657. De motu cordis. English
Date:
1653
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Credit: The anatomical exercises of Dr. William Harvey, professor of physick and physician to the Kings Majesty, concerning the motion of the heart and blood / With the preface of Zachariah Wood, physician of Roterdam. To which is added Dr. James de Back his Discourse of the heart. Physician in ordinary to the town of Roterdam. [And] Two anatomical exercitations concerning the circulation of the blood. The author, William Harvey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    hy Te the Readers. | with Do&or Harveys purpofe, and partly th); caufe I thought that the fcrutinie of the heed. was more acurately to be handled, and wj. a more diligent care to be enquir’d after. Hi) the beleev'd excellencie and fplendour of hath fo bewitched the minds of both Antiq, and Neoterick Philofophers , and fo blinclj; their eyes, that not feeing the clear light]. truth, they receive nothing but things obicuil}. and conceiv'd in their own imaginations if}: truth. Therefore,whilft I endeavour to take]: way thofe mifts & cataracts fro their eys, HE. earne(ly intreat that I be not blam’d forfucd one as endeavours to take away from the 4 [ tients their proper honour, and from the i), thers of the Art the reverence which is dueg| ^ them, and as if I would diminiíh broth ly concord amongft the Sons of Artjif I expx that little which I have conceiv'd infny mi being call'd to counfell,whilft the reformat. of the Method of Phyfick is in hand; and I I be accufed as if I would further difornf, it, ( it being not enough for me that by briifl : | | | ing in of the Circulatorie motion, the natu. and vital faculties are confus'd ) and rejill Hippocrates his an tient: Oecozomie of the |i $ dy, hitherto received of all; and overturn 4: foundation of that doGrine 5 I hope it willl)” qu Í l T] | | |