Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 417

WILLIAM HARVEY (1578-1657) De motu cordis & sanguinis in animalibus, anatomica exercitatio. Ex officina Joannis Maire 1639 [4] 267, 84 pp., illus., 2 plates. 18.8 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 416

Although this is actually the third edition of De motu cordis, it is only the second complete edition. The second edition of 1635 was lacking parts of the introduction, chapters I and XVI, and the plates. In this edition, the text of Harvey's treatise is printed passage by passage alternatively with the refutations of Emilio Parisano (1567-1643), one of Harvey's many opponents. The criticism and denials of James Primerose (see No. 452), first published in 1630, are also included as a separate tract at the end of the book.

See Related Record(s): 452

Cited references: Cushing H144; Garrison-Morton 759 (1st ed., 1628); Keynes 3; Osler 692 (1st ed.); Russell 352; Waller 4089; Wellcome 3070

Gift of John Martin, M.D.