[DOC] [TLE] William Harvey - Wikipedia [PAR] William Harvey (1 April 1578  3 June 1657) was an English physician who 
made seminal contributions in anatomy and physiology. He was the first known to 
describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood 
being pumped to the ... "conducted himself so wonderfully well in the examination 
and had shown... [DOC] [TLE] The History of the Heart [PAR] Aristotle described it as a three-chambered organ that was the center of ... enjoy 
what has been attracted, and contracting when it desires to expel residues. ... 
Galen's idea that the veins connected the operations of the liver to the heart, ... 
Yet it was not until the English physician William Harvey wrote his On the 
Circulation of... [DOC] [TLE] William Harvey - Biography, Facts and Pictures - Famous Scientists [PAR] William Harvey was the first person to correctly describe blood's circulation in the 
body. ... He showed that arteries and veins form a complete circuit. ... (
Interestingly, when Harvey arrived in Padua, Galileo Galilei had already been 
there for ... Fabricius had discovered valves in human veins in 1574, although he 
did not... [DOC] [TLE] William Harvey - History Learning Site [PAR] William Harvey made the momentous medical discovery that the flow of blood ... 
Galen had always believed that the liver was the centre of circulation within the 
body. ... not have been a good time for Harvey to have made his findings known. [DOC] [TLE] Discovery of the cardiovascular system: from Galen to William Harvey [PAR] Jul 22, 2011 ... Galen claimed that the liver produced blood that was then ... Harvey employed 
experiment and deductive logic to show that ... The Ancient Greeks had no prior 
knowledge about the structure and function of the cardiovascular system. ... Why 
is the discovery of the circulation considered to be so important? [DOC] [TLE] The Heart and the Circulatory System [PAR] You have come in with problems with your circulation, and this guy is talking 
about ... was thought to be made by the liver and carried through veins to the 
organs, ... the Egyptians believed the heart was the center of the emotions and 
the intellect. ... To Harvey, this showed that the teaching by Galen that the blood 
was being... [DOC] [TLE] William Harvey Explains The Circulatory System - Return Of Kings [PAR] Mar 3, 2014 ... Galen had believed that the liver, as well as the heart, helped to convey ... 
Physicians before Harvey had cast doubt on Galen's theories: Vesalius and 
Fabrizio had showed, by careful study, that the veins and arteries could not 
function as ... Colombo had discovered the pulmonary circulation of the blood. [DOC] [TLE] Harvey's epoch-making discovery of the Circulation, its historical ... [PAR] Jun 1, 2013 ... Harvey's genius and tireless determination have served physiology and ... Padua 
had been ruled by Venice, which fostered freedom of thought. ... originated in 
different organsvenous blood in the liver, and arterial blood .... Around and 
around: William Harvey's scheme for the Circulation shows the aorta... [DOC] [TLE] William Harvey and the Circulation of the Blood - ARTICLES ... [PAR] Oct 1, 2002 ... Because of his family status, Harvey had no problem obtaining a ... for many of 
these treatises are believed to have been written not by him but ... were 
responsible for sensation and thought; the heart and arteries, ... blood was 
formed in the liver from food carried to that organ from the ..... Show more Articles
... [DOC] [TLE] IBN NAFIS  A FORGOTTEN GENIUS IN THE DISCOVERY OF ... [PAR] This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. ... The theory of pulmonary 
circulation took more than 2000 years to come into existence as we know it today. 
... gave the credit to Ibn Nafis, and finally people gave the credit to William Harvey
. ... Galen could not explain how blood produced in the liver and carried to the... [DOC] [TLE] On The Motion of The Heart And Blood In Animals - Internet History ... [PAR] William Harvey, whose epoch-making treatise announcing and ... in 1616, the 
lectures in which he first gave public notice

Question: William Harvey showed that this organ is the center of circulation, not the liver as had been thought
Answer: Heart