Harvey's Views on the Use of the Circulation of the Blood

Name: Harvey's Views on the Use of the Circulation of the Blood
Author: Curtis, John Green

Curtis, John Green

Blood -- Circulation; Harvey, William, 1578-1657

Aristotle, 2;
    on air and fire, 14;
    on animals, 105;
    and "artery," 49;
    on causes of man, 144;
    on cosmos, 121;
    on chick's heart, 48;
    on ether, 123, 125;
    on faculties, 104;
    on fire and soul, 143;
    onmfunction of heart, 48, 113;
    on heart as psychological center, 50;
    on heart as seat of motion, 52;
    ignorant of function of muscle, 53, 84;
    on innate heat, 14, 44, 139;
    as leader of Harvey, 48, 53, 67;
    on life, 104; on movement of blood, 53;
    on pulsation of heart, 82;
    on respiration, 15, 30;
    on semen, 120, 128;
    on sexes, 145;
    on soul, 51, 104, 114;
    on spirits, 21;
    on spontaneous generation, 143, 145;
    on sun and fire, 150;
    on sun and generation, 151.

  Arterial vein, 57.

  Artery, Aristotle's use of word, 49;
    bronchial, 38;
    flow in, 99;
    Galen's demonstration of blood in, 3;
    venous, 30, 57.

  Aselli, Gasparo, 10.

  Aubrey, John, 2, 12.

  Auricles, action of, 75, 87;
    fibrillar contractions of, 75.

  Automatic generation, 143.

  Avicenna, 2.


  Blood, as arising in liver, 56, 60;
    Aristotle on movement of, 53;
    arterial and venous, 35;
    color of, 35;
    as constructor, 153;
    as divine, 156;
    as the first to live, 68, 69, 75, 109;
    Galen on movement of, 56;
    Harvey on arterial and venous, 35;
    as innate heat, 116;
    as the last to die, 73, 109;
    life in, 76;
    palpitation of, 75;
    primacy of, 64, 81;
    the seat of soul, 103, 105, 156;
    as source of heat, 80, 109;
    and spirits, 117, 120, 127.

  Bloodletting, Harvey on, 110.

  Blood pressure, Hales on, 96;
    Harvey on, 97.

  Bronchial arteries, 38.


  Capillaries, circulation of blood in, 98.

  Chemistry, Harvey on, 12.

  Chick, development of, 47, 71.

  Chyle, 9.

  Cicero, 2, 141.

  Circulation of blood, in capillaries, 98;
    and circulation of heavens, 154;
    according to Columbus, 58;
    and feeding of tissues, 7;
    first announcement of, 4, 42;
    Harvey on use of, 1, 43;
    opposition to, 5, 62;
    and primacy of blood, 64;
    and primacy of heart, 42;
    pulmonary, 27, 38, 58, 101;
    physicians and philosophers on, 55, 60;
    and respiration, 11;
    use of, 1, 5, 8, 43.

  Circulation of heavens, 154.

  Cleanthes, 141.

  Columbus, Realdus, on pores of septum, 27;
    and pulmonary circulation, 27, 38, 58;
    on spirits, 27, 30.

  Copernicus, 118, 155.

  Cosmos, 121, 154.

  Critias, 112.

  Cruor, 76, 117, 156.


  Democritus, 132.

  Descartes, 85.

  Diastole as caused by heat, 80.

  Diogenes, 111.


  Empedocles, 20, 112, 132.

  Empyema, 29.

  Erasistratus, and valves of heart, 55;
    and Galen, 61;
    on spirits, 21.

  Ether, 123, 125, 129.


  Fabricius ab Aquapendente, 1.

  Faculty, intellectual, 105;
    motor, 105;
    nutritive, 104;
    sensory, 105.

  Female, function of, 145.

  Fernel, Jean, 118;
    on innate heat, 117.

  Fever, Harvey's view of, 46.

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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

Aristotle, 2;
    on air and fire, 14;
    on animals, 105;
    and "artery," 49;
    on causes of man, 144;
    on cosmos, 121;
    on chick's heart, 48;
    on ether, 123, 125;
    on faculties, 104;
    on fire and soul, 143;
    onmfunction of heart, 48, 113;
    on heart as psychological center, 50;
    on heart as seat of motion, 52;
    ignorant of function of muscle, 53, 84;
    on innate heat, 14, 44, 139;
    as leader of Harvey, 48, 53, 67;
    on life, 104; on movement of blood, 53;
    on pulsation of heart, 82;
    on respiration, 15, 30;
    on semen, 120, 128;
    on sexes, 145;
    on soul, 51, 104, 114;
    on spirits, 21;
    on spontaneous generation, 143, 145;
    on sun and fire, 150;
    on sun and generation, 151.

  Arterial vein, 57.

  Artery, Aristotle's use of word, 49;
    bronchial, 38;
    flow in, 99;
    Galen's demonstration of blood in, 3;
    venous, 30, 57.

  Aselli, Gasparo, 10.

  Aubrey, John, 2, 12.

  Auricles, action of, 75, 87;
    fibrillar contractions of, 75.

  Automatic generation, 143.

  Avicenna, 2.


  Blood, as arising in liver, 56, 60;
    Aristotle on movement of, 53;
    arterial and venous, 35;
    color of, 35;
    as constructor, 153;
    as divine, 156;
    as the first to live, 68, 69, 75, 109;
    Galen on movement of, 56;
    Harvey on arterial and venous, 35;
    as innate heat, 116;
    as the last to die, 73, 109;
    life in, 76;
    palpitation of, 75;
    primacy of, 64, 81;
    the seat of soul, 103, 105, 156;
    as source of heat, 80, 109;
    and spirits, 117, 120, 127.

  Bloodletting, Harvey on, 110.

  Blood pressure, Hales on, 96;
    Harvey on, 97.

  Bronchial arteries, 38.


  Capillaries, circulation of blood in, 98.

  Chemistry, Harvey on, 12.

  Chick, development of, 47, 71.

  Chyle, 9.

  Cicero, 2, 141.

  Circulation of blood, in capillaries, 98;
    and circulation of heavens, 154;
    according to Columbus, 58;
    and feeding of tissues, 7;
    first announcement of, 4, 42;
    Harvey on use of, 1, 43;
    opposition to, 5, 62;
    and primacy of blood, 64;
    and primacy of heart, 42;
    pulmonary, 27, 38, 58, 101;
    physicians and philosophers on, 55, 60;
    and respiration, 11;
    use of, 1, 5, 8, 43.

  Circulation of heavens, 154.

  Cleanthes, 141.

  Columbus, Realdus, on pores of septum, 27;
    and pulmonary circulation, 27, 38, 58;
    on spirits, 27, 30.

  Copernicus, 118, 155.

  Cosmos, 121, 154.

  Critias, 112.

  Cruor, 76, 117, 156.


  Democritus, 132.

  Descartes, 85.

  Diastole as caused by heat, 80.

  Diogenes, 111.


  Empedocles, 20, 112, 132.

  Empyema, 29.

  Erasistratus, and valves of heart, 55;
    and Galen, 61;
    on spirits, 21.

  Ether, 123, 125, 129.


  Fabricius ab Aquapendente, 1.

  Faculty, intellectual, 105;
    motor, 105;
    nutritive, 104;
    sensory, 105.

  Female, function of, 145.

  Fernel, Jean, 118;
    on innate heat, 117.

  Fever, Harvey's view of, 46.

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