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

Fire, and air, 14;
    not the source of innate heat, 119, 139;
    and soul, 143;
    and sun, 150.


  Galen, 2, 3;
    circulation opposed by followers of, 62;
    demonstration of blood in arteries by, 3;
    and Erasistratus, 61;
    on function of muscle, 84;
    and Harvey, 61;
    on innate heat, 17, 44;
    on mitral valve, 58;
    on movement of blood, 56;
    on net-like plexus, 24;
    on respiration, 16, 22, 27;
    on spirits, 22, 27.

  Galileo, 96, 155.

  Generation, automatic, 143;
    causes in human, 144;
    eternity in, 126;
    spontaneous, 143, 145, 152;
    and sun, 145, 151.


  Hales, Stephen, 96.

  Hamlet, 103.

  Harvey, William, and ancients, 2, 3;
    on arterial and venous blood, 35;
    on blood-letting, 110;
    on blood pressure, 97;
    on cause of heart-beat, 79, 81, 86, 90;
    on chemistry, 12;
    on development of chick, 47, 71;
    on eternity in generation, 126;
    on fever, 46;
    first announcement of circulation by, 4, 42;
    on flow in arteries, 99;
    on flow in veins, 95, 100;
    as follower of Aristotle, 48, 53, 67;
    on functions of blood, 114;
    on function of heart, 45;
    on function of muscle, 84;
    and Galen, 61;
    and "heart," 56, 92;
    on heart as seat of sensation, 107;
    on innate heat, 19, 33, 39, 44, 116;
    Lecture Notes of, 4, 18;
    on mechanism of heart-beat, 86;
    on moderns, 2;
    on nerve impulse, 32;
    as observer, 6, 70, 78;
    at Padua, 1, 155;
    publications of, 3, 4, 18, 66, 67;
    on pulmonary circulation, 38, 101;
    on respiration, 12, 18, 26, 28, 31, 39;
    on soul, 103, 106;
    as speculator, 6, 7;
    on spirits, 28, 31, 33, 127, 133;
    on spontaneous generation, 152;
    on sun and generation, 151;
    on use of circulation, 1, 5, 8, 43;
    on venous return, 95.

  Heart, action of excised, 92;
    action of heat on, 76;
    Aristotle on function of, 48, 113;
    Aristotle on pulsation of, 82;
    Aristotelian primacy of, 42;
    of chick, 47, 71;
    as common sense-organ, 51;
    as the first to live, 47;
    Harvey's use of word, 56, 92;
    as origin of life, 45;
    pores of septum of, 27, 57;
    primacy of, 42;
    as psychological center, 50;
    the seat of motion, 52, 107;
    the seat of sensation, 107;
    the seat of soul, 51, 114;
    the source of innate heat, 43, 49, 113;
    valves of, 15, 16, 55, 58, 62.

  Heart-beat, cause of, 79, 81, 90;
    mechanism of, 81, 86, 89.

  Heat, action of, on heart, 76;
    in semen, 119, 124, 128, 140, 143.

  Heat, innate, Aristotle on, 14, 44;
    blood as, 116;
    blood as source of, 80, 109;
    as cause of diastole, 80;
    as cause of pulse, 81, 93;
    Fernelius on, 117;
    Galen on, 17, 44;
    Harvey on, 19, 33, 39, 44, 116;
    heart as source of, 43, 49, 113;
    not from fire, 119, 139;
    and respiration, 14, 15, 16, 18, 33, 39;
    Scaliger on, 117;
    and spirits, 126, 129.

  Heavens, 121, 149;
    circulation of, and circulation of blood, 154.

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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

Fire, and air, 14;
    not the source of innate heat, 119, 139;
    and soul, 143;
    and sun, 150.


  Galen, 2, 3;
    circulation opposed by followers of, 62;
    demonstration of blood in arteries by, 3;
    and Erasistratus, 61;
    on function of muscle, 84;
    and Harvey, 61;
    on innate heat, 17, 44;
    on mitral valve, 58;
    on movement of blood, 56;
    on net-like plexus, 24;
    on respiration, 16, 22, 27;
    on spirits, 22, 27.

  Galileo, 96, 155.

  Generation, automatic, 143;
    causes in human, 144;
    eternity in, 126;
    spontaneous, 143, 145, 152;
    and sun, 145, 151.


  Hales, Stephen, 96.

  Hamlet, 103.

  Harvey, William, and ancients, 2, 3;
    on arterial and venous blood, 35;
    on blood-letting, 110;
    on blood pressure, 97;
    on cause of heart-beat, 79, 81, 86, 90;
    on chemistry, 12;
    on development of chick, 47, 71;
    on eternity in generation, 126;
    on fever, 46;
    first announcement of circulation by, 4, 42;
    on flow in arteries, 99;
    on flow in veins, 95, 100;
    as follower of Aristotle, 48, 53, 67;
    on functions of blood, 114;
    on function of heart, 45;
    on function of muscle, 84;
    and Galen, 61;
    and "heart," 56, 92;
    on heart as seat of sensation, 107;
    on innate heat, 19, 33, 39, 44, 116;
    Lecture Notes of, 4, 18;
    on mechanism of heart-beat, 86;
    on moderns, 2;
    on nerve impulse, 32;
    as observer, 6, 70, 78;
    at Padua, 1, 155;
    publications of, 3, 4, 18, 66, 67;
    on pulmonary circulation, 38, 101;
    on respiration, 12, 18, 26, 28, 31, 39;
    on soul, 103, 106;
    as speculator, 6, 7;
    on spirits, 28, 31, 33, 127, 133;
    on spontaneous generation, 152;
    on sun and generation, 151;
    on use of circulation, 1, 5, 8, 43;
    on venous return, 95.

  Heart, action of excised, 92;
    action of heat on, 76;
    Aristotle on function of, 48, 113;
    Aristotle on pulsation of, 82;
    Aristotelian primacy of, 42;
    of chick, 47, 71;
    as common sense-organ, 51;
    as the first to live, 47;
    Harvey's use of word, 56, 92;
    as origin of life, 45;
    pores of septum of, 27, 57;
    primacy of, 42;
    as psychological center, 50;
    the seat of motion, 52, 107;
    the seat of sensation, 107;
    the seat of soul, 51, 114;
    the source of innate heat, 43, 49, 113;
    valves of, 15, 16, 55, 58, 62.

  Heart-beat, cause of, 79, 81, 90;
    mechanism of, 81, 86, 89.

  Heat, action of, on heart, 76;
    in semen, 119, 124, 128, 140, 143.

  Heat, innate, Aristotle on, 14, 44;
    blood as, 116;
    blood as source of, 80, 109;
    as cause of diastole, 80;
    as cause of pulse, 81, 93;
    Fernelius on, 117;
    Galen on, 17, 44;
    Harvey on, 19, 33, 39, 44, 116;
    heart as source of, 43, 49, 113;
    not from fire, 119, 139;
    and respiration, 14, 15, 16, 18, 33, 39;
    Scaliger on, 117;
    and spirits, 126, 129.

  Heavens, 121, 149;
    circulation of, and circulation of blood, 154.

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