5 Quotes & Sayings By William Harvey

William Harvey was born in 1578 in Ipswich, England. He was educated at Cambridge University where he obtained his M.A. degree in 1599. From 1600 to 1603, he was private tutor to young Henry Montagu, first Earl of Manchester Read more

In 1601 he became first physician to the House of Commons and the following year was appointed physician to King James I of England. He was elected into the Royal Society in 1665. Harvey is known as the Father of Modern Medicine for his discovery of blood circulation.

His discoveries are described in detail in his book The Anatomical Lexicon, which is considered one of the most important books on medicine ever written.

The heart of animals is the foundation of their life,...
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The heart of animals is the foundation of their life, the sovereign of everything within them, the sun of their microcosm, that upon which all growth depends, from which all power proceeds. William Harvey
Doctrine once sown strikes deep its root, and respect for...
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Doctrine once sown strikes deep its root, and respect for antiquity influences all men. William Harvey
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I profess to learn and to teach anatomy not from books but from dissections, not from the tenets of Philosophers but from the fabric of Nature. William Harvey
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Good God! how should the mitral valves prevent the regurgitation of air and not of blood? William Harvey