Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 316

ANDREA CESALPINO (1519-1603) Quaestionum peripateticarum lib. V. Apud Juntas 1593 2nd ed. [20] 291 ll. 22.2 cm.

Cesalpino, a contemporary of Vesalius, was a noted botanist, physiologist, and philosopher of the Italian Renaissance. One of his teachers was Realdo Colombo (see No. 304 ff.), the anatomist who succeeded Vesalius at Padua. This important work, first published in 1571, shows that Cesalpino was aware that the blood circulated, but his discussions were largely philosophical in nature and were not readily accepted by the medical community. Although William Harvey was undoubtedly familiar with Cesalpino's work, it is not known with certainty what influence Cesalpino had on Harvey's experiments.

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Cited references: Cushing C155; Durling 925; Garrison-Morton 756; Osler 901; Waller 1878; Wellcome 1182

Gift of John Martin, M.D.