Title page of William Harvey’s ‘The Anatomical Exercises of Dr William Harvey concerning the motion of the Heart and Blood’. Along with his book entitled On the Motion of the Heart’ he challenged the work of Galen. Through close observation and working on cold blooded amphibians he could see that blood was pumped around the …
Harvey included a letter of dedication to Charles I, King of England in his book The Anatomical Exercises of Willian Harvey concerning the motion of the Heart and Blood, showing the importance of royal patronage in developing new medical theories. Despite being physician to both James I and Charles I many doctors refused to believe …
Chapter III: What manner of motion the Arteries have in dissection of living creatures. In this Chapter, Harvey describes how the arteries ensure that the blood is pumped around the body in one direction.