_Fabricius, Hieronymus_, of Aquapendente Harvey’s teacher of anatomy at Padua, xiv his views on the heart and lungs, 9 pulmonary veins, 18 his anatomical work, 23 discovered the valves of the veins, 78 _Finch, Heneage_ Harvey’s cousin, advised him as to his will, 214 witness to codicil of Harvey’s will, 217 _Fish_ experiment on gill vessels of, 28 observations on the heart of, 33 the heart of, has only one ventricle, 42 auricles of the heart of, 103 _Florence_ Harvey refers to his visits to, 185, 194 and three of his nephews, 199 _Flourens_ on Harvey’s work, viii _Foramen ovale_ of heart of fœtus, 20, 44 its significance in fœtal life, 47, 98 _Frankfort-on-Main_ Harvey’s treatise on the Heart and Blood first published there, xv _Fuliginous vapours_ views of the ancients on, ix, 10, 11, 17 G _Galen_ high regard in which he was held by mediævalists, vii on the object of the pulse, 9 his experiment to show arteries contain only blood, 12 his experiment to prove arteries expand like bellows, and controverted by Harvey, 14 his experiment of dividing the trachea of a dog, 18 on the beat of the auricles, 32 quotations from, on movement of the blood, 40, 41 aware of the use of the semilunar valves, 51, 52 believed blood passed from right ventricle into the lungs, 53 on the structure of the heart, 105 his experiment on an artery, 134 performed and disproved by Harvey, 135 _Galileo_ at Padua with Harvey, vii, xiv as a pioneer in scientific discovery, viii _Generation of Animals_ Harvey’s treatise on, its publication, xx interesting points in, xxi Harvey refers to his work on the, 177 Quotation from, on the Acquisition of Knowledge, xix H _Haller_ on Harvey’s discovery, xiii _Harvey_ as a pioneer in scientific discovery, viii greatness of his discovery, viii, ix his life, xiii _et seq._ his views on controversy, xviii, 133 on the manner of acquiring knowledge, xix his treatise on Generation, xxi, 177 his statue, xxii oration in his memory, xxii his brother Eliab, xxiii, 212, 219 his various works, xxiv on the pursuit of truth, 7 describes how his discovery was received, 23 his letters, 175 _et seq._ on the use of terms, 182 his will, 212