Wednesday, 3 July 2019

History of medicine: William Harvey

Life

  • 1578: Born in England, UK.
  • 1602: Earned an MD at the University of Padua, Italy. 
  • 1628: Wrote his magnum opus.
  • 1657: Died in England, UK (aged 79).

 

Great works

  • 1628: Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus (An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Living Beings)

Significance in history 

  • First to describe the double circulatory system in detail.

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