Harvey's Views on the Use of the Circulation of the Blood / John G. Curtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtis, John Green, 1844-1913, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harvey, William, 1578-1657.

Harvey, William.

Blood--Circulation.

Blood.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1985]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A description of William Harvey's views on the circulatory system. Topics include the function of the system, such as how the circulatory system feeds tissues, as well as philosophical, such as blood as the seat of the soul.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFATORY NOTE

EDITORIAL NOTE / Lee, Frederic S.

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I. HARVEY'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE QUESTION OF THE USE OF THE CIRCULATION

CHAPTER II. THE CIRCULATION AND THE FEEDING OF THE TISSUES

CHAPTER III. RESPIRATION AND THE CIRCULATION

CHAPTER IV. THE CIRCULATION AND THE ARISTOTELIAN PRIMACY OF THE HEART

CHAPTER V. PHYSICIANS versus PHILOSOPHERS - HARVEY FOB THE PHILOSOPHERS

CHAPTER VI. THE CIRCULATION AND THE PRIMACY OF THE BLOOD

CHAPTER VII. THE CAUSE OF THE HEART-BEAT

CHAPTER VIII. HARVEY'S DELINEATION OF THE VENOUS RETURN

CHAPTER IX. THE BLOOD THE SEAT OF THE SOUL

CHAPTER X. THE BLOOD THE INNATE HEAT

CHAPTER XI. THE INNATE HEAT NOT DERIVED FROM ELEMENTAL FIRE

CHAPTER XII. THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD AND THE CIRCULATION OF THE HEAVENS

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231883412

0231883412

OCLC:

1100435320