Records of Harvey : in extracts from the journals of the Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew / with notes, by James Paget.

  • James Paget
Date:
1846
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Credit: Records of Harvey : in extracts from the journals of the Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew / with notes, by James Paget. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    1615 he was appointed to the Lumley and Caldwall Lectureship on Anatomy and Surgery, at the College of Physicians; and in the following year, in the Lectures which he read in this office, he first publicly explained his discovery and doc- trine of the circulation of the blood. The ac- count of his researches was first printed at Frank- fort, with the title of “ Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus,” in 1628. In 1623, Harvey, who had been for some time Physician Extraordinary to James I., was appointed to share the responsibilities of the Physician in Ordinary, and was promised the succession, on the first vacancy, to the dignity also. In 1629, Charles I. sent him to travel with the Duke of Lenox; and on his return, in 1631, he became Physician to the King and royal house- hold. It is probable that after this appointment, the greater part of Harvey’s time was spent with the court. The King encouraged his researches, and himself, with the nobles of his household, used to engage Harvey in the demonstration of his great discovery. It was also by the King’s command that in 1635, he dissected and recorded the exami-
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