william harvey and opposition Flashcards
what did william harvey observe?
slow beating hearts of cold blooded animals to understand how the muscles worked
what did william harvey read?
he read widely what the italian anotomisgs at padua discovered and built upon their work
what did william harvey dissect?
he dissected and studied human hearts
what did william harvey experiment doing?
pumping liquid the wrong way through valves in the veins, proving that blood could only go around one way
who who was william harvey?
an english doctor who challenge pd galen by saying the blood circulated round the body
what did galen say about new blood?
new. kid was constantly made in the live and burned as fuel in the body
what did harvey’s critics say about him?
that he was mad, some rejected his theory as they contradicted galen an pe didn’t believe his calculations
how significant was harvey’s discovery?
it wasn’t immediately useful, transfusions didn’t happen until 190, when blood groups were discovered
