William Harvey

In this week’s lecture, we discussed individuals who devoted their time to medicine and made a pact to develop this art that will be later modernized, as well as used by physicians. Nevertheless, William Harvey demonstrated artistry and intellect due to his discovery of the circulation of blood. I understand that there are a plethora of scholars and scientist that have contributed to the science and artistry of medicine, however Harvey developed a new physiology that is still used in medical science today.
In ancient times, the Galenic physiology stated that there were two types of blood, venous and arterial, which had distinct pathways and functions functions relating to the liver, the heart and brain. The liver was responsible for nutrition/ growth, the heart was responsible for life/energy and the brain was responsible for reasoning/cognitive thinking. This physiology was never questioned to whether the blood could circulate the body as well as this physiology did not include the heart being the driver of the …show more content…
He then loosened it so that the arterial blood could flow however it was still tight enough for the venous blood to not move back above the ligature. Furthermore, the veins in the arm below it had appeared normal however they were still swollen indicating that the blood had flowed through the arteries and then back up the arm within the veins.
Even though Harvey’s idea/physiology was modern, he experimented and obeyed from anatomists before him as well he promised to teach and learn through dissection, not only books. Through dissection, he was able to visualize the anatomy of the body except from just relying on words from a book. Harvey was hands-on through his research, which will give an individual a better idea of the