William Harvey (1578-1657)
English physician William Harvey was named professor of anatomy and surgery at the College of Physicians in London in 1615. By 1616 he was well on his way toward perfecting his theory of the circulation of the blood, publishing his findings in his seminal, “An anatomical disquisition concerning the motion of the heart and blood,” usually called just De motu cordis. Considered to be the most important book in the history of medicine, Harvey revolutionized scientific perspectives on the human body and its physiology.
This copy, a gift of Lehigh alumnus Robert B. Honeyman, was privately reproduced in facsimile from the original edition printed at Frankfort am Main in the year 1628, with a translation and memoir.
This edition of Harvey, which is number 682 of 1450 copies, was “Issued on the occasion of the tercentenary celebration of the first publication of the text of De motu cordis" in 1928.
