Cardiologist Dhun Sethna describes how a 17th-century physician radically reworked our understanding of blood circulation and medicine.

William Harvey (1578-1657) performed the greatest-ever medical experiments, giving birth to the science of physiology, when he discovered the circulation of blood, completely revising the ...

The circulation of blood from the heart through arteries and back through veins may seem trivial and obvious now, but William Harvey’s discovery during the 17th century was remarkable because ...

When William Harvey's De motu cordis was published in 1628 the new belief in the circulation of the blood had long been crystallized in his mind, for he had lectured on this subject as early as 161 ...

George Washington died after his physician treated his sore throat with bloodletting, but don't let that stop you from ...

William Harvey: A Life in Circulation Thomas Wright. Oxford Univ, $29.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-19-993169-9 ...

The medical history books reveal secrets of circulation and blood pressure that rival the best novels of intrigue. ... English scientist and physician, William Harvey, ...

The English physician William Harvey was the first to explain how our pumping hearts circulate blood. Though circulation remained the primary focus of his medical research, Harvey also studied ...

Helen Brown salutes the ‘crack-brained’ doctor who dissected our most precious organ – the heart, reviewing Circulation by Thomas Wright. UK News Website of the Year 2024 Search Icon ...

AMY E. WHITMORE DEAD; She Was a Descendant of William Harvey, the Celebrated Discoverer of the Circulation of the Blood. Share full article. April 12, 1895.

William Harvey (1578-1657), the subject of Wright's book, was responsible for helping to bring about a world in which these so-called cures would be exposed as quackery.