An anatomical disquisition on the motion of the heart & blood in animals
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1. Front matter2. THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD3. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION4. NOTE5. TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND INDOMITABLE PRINCE CHARLES KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELAND DEFENDER OF THE FAITH6. INTRODUCTION7. CHAPTER I THE AUTHOR’S MOTIVES FOR WRITING8. CHAPTER II OF THE MOTIONS OF THE HEART, AS SEEN IN THE DISSECTION OF LIVING ANIMALS9. CHAPTER III OF THE MOTIONS OF ARTERIES, AS SEEN IN THE DISSECTION OF LIVING ANIMALS10. CHAPTER IV OF THE MOTION OF THE HEART AND ITS AURICLES, AS SEEN IN THE BODIES OF LIVING ANIMALS11. CHAPTER V OF THE MOTION, ACTION, AND OFFICE OF THE HEART12. CHAPTER VI OF THE COURSE BY WHICH THE BLOOD IS CARRIED FROM THE VENA CAVA INTO THE ARTERIES, OR FROM THE RIGHT INTO THE LEFT VENTRICLE OF THE HEART13. CHAPTER VII THE BLOOD PERCOLATES THE SUBSTANCE OF THE LUNGS FROM THE RIGHT VENTRICLE OF THE HEART INTO THE PULMONARY VEINS AND LEFT VENTRICLE14. CHAPTER VIII OF THE QUANTITY OF BLOOD PASSING THROUGH THE HEART FROM THE VEINS TO THE ARTERIES; AND OF THE CIRCULAR MOTION OF THE BLOOD15. CHAPTER IX THAT THERE IS A CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD IS CONFIRMED FROM THE FIRST PROPOSITION16. CHAPTER X THE FIRST POSITION: OF THE QUANTITY OF BLOOD PASSING FROM THE VEINS TO THE ARTERIES. AND THAT THERE IS A CIRCUIT OF THE BLOOD, FREED FROM OBJECTIONS, AND FARTHER CONFIRMED BY EXPERIMENT17. CHAPTER XI THE SECOND POSITION IS DEMONSTRATED18. CHAPTER XII THAT THERE IS A CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD IS SHOWN FROM THE SECOND POSITION DEMONSTRATED19. CHAPTER XIII THE THIRD POSITION IS CONFIRMED: AND THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD IS DEMONSTRATED FROM IT20. CHAPTER XIV CONCLUSION OF THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE CIRCULATION21. CHAPTER XV THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD IS FURTHER CONFIRMED BY PROBABLE REASONS22. CHAPTER XVI THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD IS FURTHER PROVED FROM CERTAIN CONSEQUENCES23. CHAPTER XVII THE MOTION AND CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD ARE CONFIRMED FROM THE PARTICULARS APPARENT IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE HEART, AND FROM THOSE THINGS WHICH DISSECTION UNFOLDS24. THE FIRST ANATOMICAL DISQUISITION ON THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD, ADDRESSED TO JO. RIOLAN25. A SECOND DISQUISITION TO JOHN RIOLAN26. LETTERS27. APPENDIX28. ANATOMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE BODY OF THOMAS PARR29. THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM HARVEY, M.D.30. INDEX