William Harvey, a life in circulation, Thomas Wright
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- Biographies
- Physiologists -- England -- Biography
- Anatomists -- England -- Biography
- Physicians
- physicians
- Biography
- Sang + Circulation + Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Physicians -- England -- Biography
- Sciences -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Blood + Circulation + History -- 17th century
- Science -- England -- History -- 17th century
- Medicine -- England -- History -- 17th century
- Anatomistes -- Angleterre -- Biographies
- England -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
- Médecins
- Physiologistes -- Angleterre -- Biographies
- Médecine -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- United Kingdom
- Human anatomy -- England -- History -- 17th century
- Anatomie humaine -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Harvey, William, 1578-1657
- collective biographies
- Angleterre -- Vie intellectuelle -- 17e siècle
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William Harvey, a life in circulation, Thomas Wright
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Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
William Harvey
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bibliography
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781432177
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Thomas Wright
Sub title
a life in circulation
Summary
"In 1628, the English physician William Harvey published his revolutionary theory of blood circulation. Offering a radical conception of the workings of the human body and the function of the heart, Harvey's theory overthrew centuries of anatomical and physiological orthodoxy and had profound consequences for the history of science. ... In the first biographical study of Harvey in 50 years, Thomas Wright charts the meteoric rise of a yeoman's son to the elevated position of Kind Charles I's physician, taking the reader from farmlands of Kent to England's royal palaces, and paints a vivid portrait of an extraordinary mind formed at a fertile time in England's intellectual history"--Jacket
Table of contents
Prologue. A new theory (1636) : 'Blood moves ... in a circle, continuously' -- pt. 1. Raising himself from the ground. A kentish upbringing (1578-1593) : 'Half farmer and half gentleman' ; Cambridge studies I (1593) : 'Making low legs to a nobleman' ; Cambridge studies II (c.1593-1599) : 'Devoting himself assiduously to his studies' ; Essay 1. Galen, Mondino, and Vesalius : a brief history of anatomy ; Paduan studies I (1599-c1600) : 'Fair Padua, nursery of the arts' ; Essay 2. A dissection of sacred hearts, feeling hearts, and thinking hearts ; Paduan studies II (c.1600-1602) : 'The exposition of anatomy' ; Early years in London (c.1602-c.1610) : 'Begin the world' ; Advances (c.1610-c.1625) : 'Good endeavours bring forth much good frute' -- pt. 2. Placing his head among the stars. A public lecture I (late 1610s) : Nasty (yet recompensed by admirable variety') ; Private research (late 1610s-1620s) : 'A dog, crow, kite, raven ... anything to anatomize' ; Essay 3. A short history of vivisection. Birth of the theory (late 1610s-1620s) : 'I began to bethink my self' ; Essay 4. Francis Bacon, experiment, and empiricism ; Demonstration (late 1610s-1620s) : 'Whereby I offer you to perceive and judge' ; Essay 5. The landscape of Harvey's imagination (I) : Microcosm and macrocosm -- Essay 6. The landscape of Harvey's imagination (II) : Perfect circles ; Essay 7. Everyday influences on Harvey's theory ; Publication and reception (1628-1650s) : 'Twas beleeved ... he was crack-brained' ; Dissemination and defence (1628-1636) : "He is a circulator!' ; Essay 8. Descartes' clockwork universe ; Civil War years (the 1640s) : 'Anabaptists, fanatics, robbers, and murderers' ; Last years (the 1650s) : 'Shitt-breeches'
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