Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus

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Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus is William Harvey’s landmark 1628 treatise that first accurately described the systemic circulation of blood and the function of the heart as a pump.

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instanceOf anatomy text ⓘ
medical book ⓘ
scientific treatise ⓘ
work on physiology ⓘ
alsoKnownAs De Motu Cordis ⓘ
author William Harvey ⓘ
authorNationality English ⓘ
authorOccupation anatomist ⓘ
physician ⓘ
century 17th century ⓘ
contradicts Galenic theory of blood movement ⓘ
countryOfFirstPublication Germany ⓘ
demonstrates role of veins and arteries in circulation ⓘ
unidirectional flow of blood through heart valves ⓘ
describes heart as a pump ⓘ
pulmonary circulation ⓘ
systemic circulation ⓘ
field anatomy ⓘ
cardiology ⓘ
physiology ⓘ
followedBy De Generatione Animalium ⓘ
fullTitleTranslation An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals ⓘ
genre scholarly monograph ⓘ
hasImpactOn clinical understanding of heart disease ⓘ
teaching of anatomy and physiology ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern period ⓘ
influenced 17th-century scientific revolution ⓘ
development of experimental medicine ⓘ
modern cardiovascular physiology ⓘ
keyClaim blood circulates continuously in a closed system ⓘ
the amount of blood pumped by the heart exceeds total body volume if not recirculated ⓘ
the heart’s contractions drive blood through the body ⓘ
languageFeature written in scholarly Renaissance Latin ⓘ
mainSubject circulation of the blood ⓘ
function of the heart ⓘ
methodology anatomical dissection ⓘ
quantitative estimation of blood volume ⓘ
vivisection experiments ⓘ
notableFor first accurate description of systemic circulation ⓘ
foundational contribution to cardiovascular science ⓘ
numberOfChapters 17 ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication Frankfurt ⓘ
linked to: Frankfurt am Main
precededBy Galenic writings on blood and pneuma ⓘ
publicationFormat quarto ⓘ
publicationYear 1628 ⓘ
publisher William Fitzer ⓘ

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William Harvey → notableWork → Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus ⓘ
William Harvey → notableWorkEnglishTitle → An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals ⓘ
linked to: Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus
Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus → alsoKnownAs → De Motu Cordis ⓘ
linked to: Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus
Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus → fullTitleTranslation → An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals ⓘ
linked to: Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus
Renaissance medicine → hasWork → De motu cordis ⓘ
linked to: Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus