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On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals

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On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals

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Overview

William Harvey (1578-1657) was a rebel in medical science: Contrary to contemporary practice, he began his epoch-making investigation into the action of the heart and the blood's circulation by minutely observing their action in live animals and by a lengthy series of dissections, rather than by mere reliance on the anatomical lessons of ancient medicine and philosophy. "On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals", including explanations of heart valves and arterial pulse, stands as a triumph of true scientific inquiry, and is still regarded as one of the greatest discoveries in physiology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879758547
Publisher:	Prometheus Books
Publication date:	11/01/1993
Series:	Great Minds Series
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Jarrett A. Carty is an Associate Professor at the Liberal Arts College, Concordia University, Montreal.

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"Professor Carty's excellent new edition of William Harvey's classic treatise will hopefully return On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals to its rightful place in liberal arts education."
—Geoffrey Kellow, Associate professor of Intellectual History, The College of the Humanities, Carleton University

"This new edition puts Harvey's masterpiece of anatomical observation and deductive reasoning within the reach of liberal arts students everywhere. Professor Carty updates Robert Willis's 1847 translation, modernizing Willis's diction and simplifying his syntax. Carty also supplies Harvey's Dedication to Charles I, his indispensable figures, a brief introduction sketching Harvey's life and the scientific and political context of his work, and many helpful explanatory and scholarly footnotes—advantages that are combined in no other edition currently available."
—Jeff J.S. Black, St. John's College, Annapolis and Santa Fe

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"Professor Carty's excellent new edition of William Harvey's classic treatise will hopefully return On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals to its rightful place in liberal arts education."
--Geoffrey Kellow, Associate professor of Intellectual History, The College of the Humanities, Carleton University
"This new edition puts Harvey's masterpiece of anatomical observation and deductive reasoning within the reach of liberal arts students everywhere. Professor Carty updates Robert Willis's 1847 translation, modernizing Willis's diction and simplifying his syntax. Carty also supplies Harvey's Dedication to Charles I, his indispensable figures, a brief introduction sketching Harvey's life and the scientific and political context of his work, and many helpful explanatory and scholarly footnotes--advantages that are combined in no other edition currently available."
--Jeff J.S. Black, St. John's College, Annapolis and Santa Fe

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