An anatomical disquisition on the motion of the heart & blood in animalsFront matterRobert Willis translationChapter navigation30 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOODEDITOR’S INTRODUCTIONNOTETO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND INDOMITABLE PRINCE CHARLES KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELAND DEFENDER OF THE FAITHINTRODUCTIONChapter I · THE AUTHOR’S MOTIVES FOR WRITINGChapter II · OF THE MOTIONS OF THE HEART, AS SEEN IN THE DISSECTION OF LIVING ANIMALSChapter III · OF THE MOTIONS OF ARTERIES, AS SEEN IN THE DISSECTION OF LIVING ANIMALSChapter IV · OF THE MOTION OF THE HEART AND ITS AURICLES, AS SEEN IN THE BODIES OF LIVING ANIMALSChapter V · OF THE MOTION, ACTION, AND OFFICE OF THE HEARTChapter 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 HEARTChapter VII · THE BLOOD PERCOLATES THE SUBSTANCE OF THE LUNGS FROM THE RIGHT VENTRICLE OF THE HEART INTO THE PULMONARY VEINS AND LEFT VENTRICLEChapter VIII · OF THE QUANTITY OF BLOOD PASSING THROUGH THE HEART FROM THE VEINS TO THE ARTERIES; AND OF THE CIRCULAR MOTION OF THE BLOODChapter IX · THAT THERE IS A CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD IS CONFIRMED FROM THE FIRST PROPOSITIONChapter 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 EXPERIMENTChapter XI · THE SECOND POSITION IS DEMONSTRATEDChapter XII · THAT THERE IS A CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD IS SHOWN FROM THE SECOND POSITION DEMONSTRATEDChapter XIII · THE THIRD POSITION IS CONFIRMED: AND THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD IS DEMONSTRATED FROM ITChapter XIV · CONCLUSION OF THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE CIRCULATIONChapter XV · THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD IS FURTHER CONFIRMED BY PROBABLE REASONSChapter XVI · THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD IS FURTHER PROVED FROM CERTAIN CONSEQUENCESChapter 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 UNFOLDSTHE FIRST ANATOMICAL DISQUISITION ON THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD, ADDRESSED TO JO. RIOLANA SECOND DISQUISITION TO JOHN RIOLANLETTERSAPPENDIXANATOMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE BODY OF THOMAS PARRTHE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM HARVEY, M.D.INDEXBeginning of this editionNext chapter →THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOODAll chapters and sections (30)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOODEDITOR’S INTRODUCTIONNOTETO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND INDOMITABLE PRINCE CHARLES KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELAND DEFENDER OF THE FAITHINTRODUCTIONChapters1234567891011121314151617Other sectionsTHE FIRST ANATOMICAL DISQUISITION ON THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD, ADDRESSED TO JO. RIOLANA SECOND DISQUISITION TO JOHN RIOLANLETTERSAPPENDIXANATOMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE BODY OF THOMAS PARRTHE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM HARVEY, M.D.INDEXEVERYMAN’S LIBRARY EDITED BY ERNEST RHYS◇SCIENCE◇THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD →