The anatomical exercises / of Dr. William Harvey ... concerning the motion of the heart and blood. With the preface of Zachariah Wood ... To which is added Dr. James de Back his Discourse of the heart.

  • Harvey, William, 1578-1657.
Date:
1673
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Credit: The anatomical exercises / of Dr. William Harvey ... concerning the motion of the heart and blood. With the preface of Zachariah Wood ... To which is added Dr. James de Back his Discourse of the heart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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