Produced by Chris Curnow, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE SYDENHAM SOCIETY INSTITUTED MDCCCXLIII [Illustration] LONDON MDCCCXLVII. PRINTED BY C. AND J. ADLARD, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE. THE WORKS OF WILLIAM HARVEY, M.D. PHYSICIAN TO THE KING, PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY AND SURGERY TO THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR BY ROBERT WILLIS, M.D. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF GÖTTINGEN, OF THE IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF VIENNA, AND OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, ETC. ETC. LONDON PRINTED FOR THE SYDENHAM SOCIETY MDCCCXLVII. PREFACE.