Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 423

WILLIAM HARVEY (1578-1657) Exercitationes anatomicae, de motu cordis & sanguinis circulatione. . . . Accessit dissertatio de corde Doct. Jacobi de Back. Ex officina Arnoldi Leers 1654 [32] 285 [19] 252 [24] pp., 2 plates. 12.8 cm.

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

This edition of 1654 is the first to contain Harvey's two essays, Exercitationes duae anatomicae, delayed responses to his harsh critic, Jean Riolan (see No. 450). And, in addition, a treatise on the heart by Jacobus de Back is included.

See Related Record(s): 450

Cited references: Cushing H153; Keynes 8; Osler 696; Russell 357; Waller 4092; Wellcome III, p. 219

Gift of John Martin, M.D.