ContentsIntroduction
1 The Background to Harvey's Discovery
Galen; Galen on the Heart and Blood; Harvey;
The Renaissance; Vesalius; Fabricius;
Renaissance Art; Renaissance Art and Anatomy Harvey's Discovery of
the Circulation
De Motu Cordis; The Circulation; The Venous
Valves; The Ligature Experiments; The Flow-Rate
Experiment; The Motion of the Heart; The Pulseand the Heart Valves3
The Nature of Harvey's Discovery
The Scientific Revolution; Harvey and Aristotle;
Harvey and Quantification; Harvey and Mechanical
Models; Harvey and the Natural Magic Tradition;
Harvey and Witchcraft; Harvey and the ScientificRevolution4 The
Reception of Harvey's Discovery
Opposition to Harvey; The Theory of 'Ebullition';
What is Actually Seen?; Other Objections; The
Dispute with Descartes; Harvey's Later WorkConclusionFurther
Reading Glossary
Andrew Gregory is Lecturer in History of Science in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London.
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