William Harvey Flashcards
What was William Harvey’s specialty?
Anatomy and circulation
How did Harvey prove Vesalius theory about blood flow
Harvey proved Vesalius’ theory that the veins of the body contained valves.
These valves enabled blood to flow through the veins towards the heart in one direction. Harvey tried to pump other liquids through the veins in the other direction, but this did not work. Harvey believed tiny passages carried the blood but that they were invisible to the naked eye.
What experiments did Harvey conduct
dissecting human corpses and carefully observing the heart dissecting cold-blooded animals, such as frogs, because they had a slower heartbeat and this enabled the movement of blood to be observed measuring blood flow to show that the same blood is pumped around the body repeatedly by the heart
When and what was William Harvey’s book
In 1628, Harvey published his discovery in a book called An Anatomical Account of the Motion of the Heart and Blood. This enabled doctors to learn from his discovery.
