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Author Shackelford, Jole.

Title William Harvey : and the mechanics of the heart / Jole Shackelford
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (141 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford portraits in science
Oxford portraits in science.
Contents A young physician in Shakespeare's England -- The circulation of the blood -- Royal physician and scholar -- The reception of Harveys ideas -- Harveys last years and his legacy
Summary A biography of the eminent seventeenth century physician and scientist who discovered the functions of the heart, arteries, and veins in the circulation of blood
Bibliography Chronology: pages 134-135
Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-137) and index
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Subject Harvey, William, 1578-1657 -- Juvenile literature
SUBJECT Harvey, William, 1578-1657
Harvey, William, 1578-1657 fast
Subject Physiologists -- England -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Physicians -- England -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Blood -- Circulation -- History -- Juvenile literature
Physicians
Blood -- Circulation -- History
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Concepts -- Body.
Blood -- Circulation
Physicians
Physiologists
England
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Juvenile works
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781429462082
1429462086