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** William Harvey **

__**Intro**__ The Englishman William Harvey was born in 1578 in Kent, England and lived until 1657. He was the oldest out of seven children, and was educated from school which was where he earned his bachelors degree in 1597 from Cambridge University. Throughout his life he studied anatomy and wanted to be a Physician/Scientist. He loved to study the human body and discovered the circulation of blood and the function of valves in the heart. With all the observations he had made he wrote a book on them called, “exercitation Anatornica de Moto Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus aka De Moto Cordis”, he then had it published. William was largely influenced by the mechanical philosophy in his work with the flow of blood, which made him discover that the lack of circulations to the lungs in the fetal stage. Mr. Harvey was the first doctor to actually use quantitative and observational methods in his own experiments. Although he was very good with his work, he was very skeptical of spontaneous generations. He proposed that all animals originated from an egg. William loved doing experiments so that he could discover new and interesting things that he could work on for a while; this is so he wouldn’t be bored.

"The examination of the bodies of animals has always been my delight; and I have thought that we might thence not only obtain an insight into the . . . mysteries of Nature, but there perceive a kind of image or reflex of the omnipotent Creator himself.” -- William Harvey **__Where he worked__** William worked at a physicians college and was elected president in 1654. Between April 1, 1578 – June 3, 1657 he worked as a medical doctor. In the early 17th century william worked as a doct or at St. Bartholomew's hospital in London and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. Discoveries and achievements - he discovered the circulation of blood and the lack of circulation to the lungs in the fetal stage. One of his achievements was when he desproved numerous of Galen's hypotheses. another one of his achievements was when he became the first doctor to use quantitative methods along with observational methods in his experiments.

the flow of blood in the heart

Williams 72 page book of observations,                  __"Exercitatio Anatornica de moto Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus aka De Moto Cordis"__ 1628

William Harvey's work affects us today with evidence by screening the significance of his discoveries and the observations he made during his experiments. He was an English Physician who was very talented. he was intelectual and could do many wonders. William completed anatomical research which lead him to the discovery of the circulation of blood in the human body. He was so fascinated by the human body and how it worked, that he started researching small animals and seeing how their bodies worked so that he could get a better understanding if the animals hearts were similar to human's hearts. William was usually found in his operating room cuting open chickens deer, etc.. to figure out how each organ would work. That information helps us today so that we know how the organs work in certain animals. His experiments and observations help us understand how things are made and how they function. Without Harvey we would not know certain things about the body. **__Notebook Activity__ W** I L L I A M

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