The Circulation Of The Blood And Other Writings

"The classic theory of blood circulation Discovering the circulatory nature of blood flow and the function of the heart, William Harvey released medical science from prevailing classical theory and paved the way for the rise of an exact anatomical science. Yet Harvey still concurred with much of traditional seventeenth-century theory, and in The Circulation of the Blood and Other Writings trenchantly maintains the view that Nature has an ultimate purpose and life cannot be reduced to dead matter by materialist onslaught. The result is the passionate, incisive and beautifully crafted groundplan of a new system. The most comprehensive paperback edition available, with introduction, index and chronology of Harvey's life and times"