William Harvey's Natural Philosophy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 23, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9780521031080
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; History of medicine; Political Science; Medical / Nursing; Politics/International Relations; Anatomy; Hematology; History; Harvey, William, --1578-1657; Harvey, William,--1578-1657; Medical / Anatomy; Medical : Hematology; Medical : History; Political Science / History & Theory; History & Theory - General
First sentence: When Harvey raised his scalpel to begin the Lumleian anatomy lectures at the College of Physicians, he was embarking on an exercise in which he was to discover the circulation of the blood.