1578–1657 English physician who discovered the circulation of the blood.
Keywords: circulation; blood; heart; Galen; Aristotle; anatomy
Harvey, William
Andrew Wear, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine London, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002535
| Further Reading | |
| book Harvey W (1628) Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguis in Animalibus. Frankfurt, Germany. | |
| book Harvey W (1651) Exercitationes De Generatione Animalium. London. | |
| book Harvey W (1964) The Anatomical Lectures of William Harvey. Whitteridge G (ed. and transl.). Edinburgh: E and S Livingstone. | |
| book Harvey W (1993) The Circulation of the Blood and Other Writings. London: JM Dent. | |
| book Bylebyl JJ (1970–1980) "William Harvey". In: Gillispie CC (ed.) Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| book Frank RG (1980) Harvey and the Oxford Physiologists. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. | |
| book Keynes G (1978) The Life of William Harvey. Oxford: Clarendon Press. | |
| book Pagel W (1967) William Harvey's Biological Ideas. Basel, Switzerland: Karger. | |
| book Whitteridge G (1971) William Harvey and the Circulation of the Blood. London: MacDonald. | |
