Table of Contents

ContentsIntroduction

1 The Background to Harvey's Discovery

Galen; Galen on the Heart and Blood; Harvey;

The Renaissance; Vesalius; Fabricius;

Renaissance Art; Renaissance Art and Anatomy Harvey's Discovery of the Circulation

De Motu Cordis; The Circulation; The Venous

Valves; The Ligature Experiments; The Flow-Rate

Experiment; The Motion of the Heart; The Pulseand the Heart Valves3 The Nature of Harvey's Discovery

The Scientific Revolution; Harvey and Aristotle;

Harvey and Quantification; Harvey and Mechanical

Models; Harvey and the Natural Magic Tradition;

Harvey and Witchcraft; Harvey and the ScientificRevolution4 The Reception of Harvey's Discovery

Opposition to Harvey; The Theory of 'Ebullition';

What is Actually Seen?; Other Objections; The

Dispute with Descartes; Harvey's Later WorkConclusionFurther Reading Glossary

About the Author

Andrew Gregory is Lecturer in History of Science in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London.