Exercitatio Anatomica DE MOTU CORDIS Et Sanguinis in Animalibus

"Exercitatio Anatomica DE MOTU CORDIS Et Sanguinis in Animalibus" is a seminal masterpiece in the history of science and medicine. Written by William Harvey, this work provided the first comprehensive and scientific account of the circulatory system. In this text, Harvey demonstrates how the heart functions as a muscular pump that circulates blood throughout the body, a discovery that fundamentally overturned the anatomical theories of Galen that had been accepted for over a thousand years.

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