Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-07

his own original ideas, are installed
w. H.: there are, too, many marginal
notes in Latin. The whole treatise is
arranged with the greatest method,
and is an exhaustive anlysis of the
various parts Of the human body. The
various parts Of the human body. The
various lectures occupied more than
an hour a day, and by way Of assist
ing his hearers to grasp more readily
the different parts in his argument a
dead body was displayed on a dissect-
ing table 1t is said that Harvey, in
order TO work out his great theory,
dissected more than eighty different
animals.
The interest in medical circles pro-
duced by Harvey's new theory may
well be imagined. 1t was the fashion
in those days to talk with a show of
learning. Thus the whole town was
given up to the discussion of the new
discovery. 1t was about this time
that Harvey was appointed Physician
Extraordinary to King James I. 1t
would seem that henceforth the great
physician took life somewhat easier,
for we hear of him travelling through
France with the Duke Of Lennox; la
ter he is in attendance on Lord Arun-
del in Scotland, and at a subsequent
date we read of him being feted at
the English college in Rome. At such
times as he comes before the popular
notice 1t Is in connection with some
public examination in which his ex-
pert knowledge is indispensable. Thus
in 1884 he is instructed to examine
four Lancashire women accused OF
witchcraft; and again he Is ordered
to hold a post-mortem on the body
of a Shropshire laborer who was stat
ed to have died at the age Of 153.
Then, later on, we hear or him de-
Tending himself against the accusa-
tions Of a barber surgeon, who de-
clared that his servant had died ow-
ing to a dose of Harveys physic. Har-
vey's immortal work on the circula-
ton of the blood was published at
Frankfort in 1928. This was some
twelve years after his first lectures
on the subject. His philosophical pa
tience Is much to be admired in that
he refused to announce his great dis
covery to the world until 1t had been
thoroughly matured and confirmed.
At the outbreak Of the civil war ne
threw in his lot with the king, and
was present in his professional capac-
ity at the battle of Edgehill. 1t is
said that he had charge of the royal
princes, to whom he read book dur
ing the engagement. After the sur
render of Oxford he returned to Lon
don, only to find that his house had
been pillaged by the mob, and all MS
papers stolen. From this time on
ward until his death he lived with
one or other of his brothers, who were
wealthy merchants in the city. F'or
the greater part of his life he sufter-
ed agony from gout, to check wnlch
ne used to plunge his feet In iced wa
ter. AS he grew older the disease
became more virulent, until at last II
was the cause of his death. Thus, on
June 3, in the year 1858, the great
William Harvey died, in the SOth year
of his age. His remains were inter-
red at Hampstead, in Essex, WINNER
all the fellows of the College OF Phy-
sicians followed the coffin. Here his
body rested, wrapped In lead Gov
ering, for more than 300 years. In
1893, however, it was disinterred IN
the presence Of the then president OF
the college, Sir William Jenner, ana
removed to a white marble sarcopha-
gus erected in Hampstead church. In
this. the present resting place of the
great physician, was deposited large
edition Of Harveys works, together
with a scroll setting forth the incl
cidents of the reinterment.-Lon
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