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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 6, 2020

Exercitatio anatomica de circulatione sanguinis.

Publication Details

Cambridge, England: Roger Daniel, 1649 CE.

In this work Harvey first described the circulation of blood through the coronary arteries. Harvey also described experiments that he made to provide further support to his theory of the circulation since the publication of De motu cordis in 1628. He was motivated to publish this work to refute the misconceptions of Jean Riolan the younger. published in Riolan's Encheiridium anatomicum (1648). Published simultaneously by Daniel in Cambridge and Arnold Leers in Rotterdam. 

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#10658
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/12851
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLexercitatio-anatomica-de-circulatione-sanguinis

Geographic Context

Publication place: Cambridge, England

Mentioned in annotation: Rotterdam