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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    Cthe tention of the left ventricle ofthe leart, asthe artcriall vein from the tention i pfehe r2ght. | hf Laftly, That the pulfation of the arte- Mes arifes from the impulfion of blood from the “eft ventricle; juft fo, as when one plows into a glove; he fhall fee all the fin- ers {well up together, and affimulate this pulfation. Asalfo according to the tention bf the Zearr, the pulfations are greater, fore vehement, more frequent, fwifter , _Keeping the number, quantity, and order, Jof che beating of the heart. | Nor is itto be expected, that becaufe of ‘ithe motion of the blood there fhould be a ertain diftance of time betwixt the conftrt- Adtion of the heart, and the dilatation ofthe arteries Cefpecially of thofe that are furtheft ‘| diftant ) thatthey be not atthe fame in- | ftant, becaute that ina bafon ( as likewife lina Drum, and long peeces of Timber ) 71 the ftroke and the motion are alike foon at I’) both extremes: fince thecafe here is juft | as inthe blowing up ofa glove, or a Blad- 3 dere Hence riff. 5. Anim. C. 9. de re[b. ] Cap. 15. The blood ( fayshe ) of all swing || ereatures, beat s within their veins , ( mea- | ning the arteries, ) and with a continual { 5 E / e -J MD wuottom moves every Where: fo do all the ; y : 1 » I veins beat togetber, and by turns , becaufe 7 I hi icd Jz a n j D 4 [. they pave their dependance upon the heart. DA bg wy t cen i > L f a ope A j [^] f. b 1) Bat uw aces always Move , wherejore they like-