Harvey's Views on the Use of the Circulation of the BloodCurtis, John Green
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Harvey's Views on the Use of the Circulation of the Blood
Curtis, John Green
Blood -- Circulation; Harvey, William, 1578-1657
[153] Harvey: On the Motion, etc., V, Syd. 32, l. 39 to 34, l. 22;
Op. Omn. 32, l. 24 to 36, l. 15. The second Galenic passage above,
which refers to the origin and contents of the arteries and to the
aortic valves, is printed in italics and with quotation marks in the
first edition of Harvey's treatise, and Harvey's own words regarding
this passage seem to mean that it is a verbal quotation from Galen.
But neither in Galen's treatise entitled "Is Blood Naturally
Contained in the Arteries?" nor in the sixth book of his treatise
On the Doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato, does more than the
last part of this seeming quotation occur. The rest appears to be
merely a sound statement by Harvey of Galenic doctrines, for which
abundant authority can be found in the two treatises aforesaid.
See especially for the origin of the arteries: On the Doctrines of
Hippocrates and Plato, Book VI, chapter 3, Kn. Vol. V, 524, l. 13 to
525, l. 3; Mül. 512, l. 4-13; and for the contents of the arteries:
chapter 4, Kn. Vol. V, 537, l. 1-7; Mül. 526, l. 1-7; and chapter 8,
Kn. Vol. V, 572, l. 12 to 573, l. 11; Mül. 565, l. 10 to 566, l.
12. Of the words relating to the aortic valves, the first part is a
statement justified by the words which occur in the Ninth Juntine
edition of Galen's works, Classis I, folio 264C, l. 41-43 and D,
l. 49-53. But the last part of the passage aforesaid is a verbal
quotation of words on folio 264 verso E, l. 9-11. This passage
relating to the valves is all in Galen's treatise On the Doctrines
of Hippocrates and Plato, Book VI, chapter 6. The Greek text may be
found as follows: Kn. Vol. V, 549, l. 3-8, 549, l. 18 to 550, l. 6,
552, l. 1-3; Mül. 539, l. 10 to 540, l. 1, 540, l. 11 to 541, l. 1,
543, l. 1-3.
[154] Harvey: Letter to Slegel, Syd. 598, l. 21-23; Op. Omn. 614, l.
29-32.
[155] Aristotle: On Soul, 405_b_, 1-8.
[156] Harvey: Prelectiones, 80 right. Compare pp. 42-46 of this
paper.
[157] Harvey: Prelectiones, 79 right.
[158] That is, one may suppose, after development _in utero_ has
begun.
[159] _Anima._
[160] Harvey: Prelectiones, 33 left.
[161] Harvey: Prelectiones, 75 left.
[162] Harvey: Prelectiones, 76 right.
[163] _Non propria ratione._
[164] _Sanguinis multitudine._
[165] _Pullulare._
[166] The two words "household shrine" represent the one word
"_lar_."
[167] Harvey: Prelectiones, 73 left. In the photograph of folio
73 left of Harvey's note-book, the 16th line of text consists, as
translated, of the words "Is there only a drop of blood in the
auricles?" This line has the appearance of an interlineation. If it
be really such, the words which follow it to the end of the passage
were meant, when jotted down, to refer to the heart and not to "a
drop of blood."
[168] _Rationem._ Compare Harvey: On Generation, LXXI, Syd. 507, l.
16-26; Op. Omn. 528, l. 21-29.
[169] Harvey: Exercise to Riolanus, II, Syd. 136, l. 37 to 137, l.
17; Op. Omn. 136, l. 25 to 137, l. 9.
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