The discovery of the pulmonary circulation
Published: 1908
Place of publication: London?
Language: eng
Notes: Includes heliotype reproduction of title-page, pages 170, 171, and portrait, from Christianismi restitutio, Viennæ, 1553.

The Christianismi restitutio is one of the rarest of books. The description of the lesser circulation occurs in the fifth book, which treats of the Holy Spirit, and Servetus explains some of his metaphysical positions by reference to an anatomical and physiological discussion on the natural, vital and animal spirits in man. Pages 170, 171, here reproduced, contain for the first time a clear statement of the lesser circulation.

Golden, R.L., Sir William Osler an annotated bibliography, 982

Gift Sir William Osler to the Boston Medical Library 1908 Sept. 10 7306.

Autograph of W[illiam] Osler, Aug. 26, 1908, with postcard inserted inside front cover.