Three anatomic lectures, : concerning 1. the motion of the bloud through the veins and arteries; 2. the organic structure of the heart; 3. the efficient causes of the hearts pulsation: read on the 19, 20, and 21 days of March 1682/3 in the anatomic theatre of His Majesties Royal College of Physicians in London ... / by Walter Charleton.
- Walter Charleton
- Date:
- 1683
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Three anatomic lectures, : concerning 1. the motion of the bloud through the veins and arteries; 2. the organic structure of the heart; 3. the efficient causes of the hearts pulsation: read on the 19, 20, and 21 days of March 1682/3 in the anatomic theatre of His Majesties Royal College of Physicians in London ... / by Walter Charleton. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![caufe it arifes from an internal principle, the expan- five endeavour of the fpirituofe, or elaftic parts of the bloud, and to diftinguifh it from the circular mo¬ tion, which is imprefs’dby an external Movent,^, the Heart, By others, Mot us ferment attorns v it alls, from the fimilitude they fancyed between it and com¬ mon fermentations: but improperly, for the reafons by me juft now alledged. By others again *, motus * Aipfonf. % ofcillatorius, from the refemblance it hath of the Ofcil- mou lation or Twinging of a Pendulum, whole motion de- fcribes a Cycloid |], and by others * , Mlcatio fan^nims, ii chrifiianm Motu borolo- than the reft to fignifie the nature and manner of the thing denominated'; as equally comprehending th double motion in a fingle appellation. Wherefore I cfilrlmn> intend hereafter to ule thele promilcuoully,when there mdu cxercim*. fhall occur to me any occafion ofmentioning the fame motion. Mean while, I proceed to The LATER motion, the CIRCULATION of the Bloud ; the moft noble and moftufeful of all mo¬ dern inventions,firft obfcurely hinted ( as fome think) by Cefalpinus, but afterward with prodigious fagacity, in Exercluk moftexafl: judgment, and happy diligence inveftiga- ted, and with fuch convincing evidence demonftrated by our immortal Dr. Harvey, that now the verity thereof is no longer doubted of in the world.- I wifli the fame were as well underftood, as it is generally acknowledged : and left Ibe thought only to wifh this excellent knowledge, and of fo great importance to Phyficians, I will now againdomy beft devoir to ex¬ plain fomuch of themyftery, as I.my felf have for¬ merly left notiufficiently explicated : omitting to;'fe- oite what is vulgarly taught in the Schools and Books off](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3034380x_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
