Harvey
['hɑ:vɪ]
Definition
(noun.) English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657).
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- It is not without significance that both Gilbert and Harvey had spent years in Italy, where, as we have implied, the experimental method of scientific research was early developed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This conjecture is the more probable, since Galileo, like Harvey and Gilbert, had been trained in the s tudy of medicine. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The arguments by which Harvey supported his view were various. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Sloan, in 1851, and Harvey, in 1864, made many improvements in machines, operating upon screw blanks. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- FOOT NOTE S: [1] This is Harvey's monogram, which he used in his notes to mark any original observation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He was the only experimental physiologist before the time of Harvey. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- No man, sir, acquainted with the facts established by Harvey relating to the circulation of the blood, can doubt that I have a heart. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The Seventeenth Century was notable for the discovery of the circulation of the blood by Harvey; the Eighteenth Century brought with it vaccination by Jenner. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Harvey in his investigations made use of many species of animals--at least eighty-seven. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Harvey professed to learn and teach anatomy, not from books, but from dissections, not from the dogmas of the philosophers, but from the fabric of nature. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Through him the discoveries of Harvey, Galileo, and Torricelli, as well as of many others, became widely k nown. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The long-slumbering science of anatomy was revived by Harvey (1578-1657), who demonstrated the circulation of the blood. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Italian microscopist thus, among his many achievements, verified by observation what Harvey in 1628 had argued must take place. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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