The Works of William Harvey / / William Harvey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection
• VerfasserIn: Harvey, William,
• TeilnehmendeR: Guyton, Arthur C.; Willis, Robert.
• MitwirkendeR: Guyton, Arthur C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (736 p.)

William Harvey's revolutionary book on the circulatory system, published in Latin in 1628, demonstrated for the first time how the heart pumps blood through the body. His findings overturned the world's basic understanding of the way the body functions and changed fundamental knowledge of physiology as much as any scientific work in history. The Works of William Harvey will provide scientists, students, physicians, and interested lay persons access to the original works of a pioneer who shaped contemporary science.This edition is a reissue of the 1965 facsimile of the 1867 collection and translation of Harvey's works. Included are his groundbreaking 1628 book on the circulatory system, a book on animal reproduction, and various shorter scientific writings and letters, along with a new introduction.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- INTRODUCTION. WILLIAM HARVEY, HIS TIMES, AND HIS ACHIEVEMENTS -- THE SYDENHAM SOCIETY. Title page -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Life of William Harvey -- Last Will and Testament of William Harvey -- AN ANATOMICAL DISQUISITION ON THE MOTION OF THE HEART AND BLOOD IN ANIMALS -- THE FIRST ANATOMICAL DISQUISITION ON THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD, ADDRESSED TO JOHN RIOLAN -- A SECOND DISQUISITION TO JOHN RIOLAN; IN WHICH MANY OBJECTIONS TO THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD ARE REFUTED -- ANATOMICAL EXERCISES ON THE GENERATION OF ANIMALS ; TO WHICH ARE ADDED, ESSAYS ON PARTURITION ; ON THE MEMBRANES, AND FLUIDS OF THE UTERUS; AND ON CONCEPTION -- ON ANIMAL GENERATION -- Wherefore we begin with the history of the hen's egg - Of the production of the chick from the egg of the hen -- The first examination of the egg; or of the effect of the first day's incubation upon the egg - Of the matter of the egg, in opposition to the Aristotelians and the medical writers -- In how far is the fowl efficient in the generation of the egg, according to Aristotle ? And wherefore is the concurrence of the male required? - Of the order of the parts in Generation from an egg, according to Fabricius -- Of the order of the parts according to Aristotle - Of the primigenial moisture -- ON PARTURITION -- ANATOMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE BODY OF THOMAS PARR -- LETTERS -- GENERAL INDEX