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

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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