WILLIAM HARVEY

A HISTORY OF

THE DISCOVERY OF THE CIRCULATION OF

THE BLOOD

BY

R. WILLIS, M.D.

AUTHOR OF the life and letters of SPINOZA;" SERVETUS AND CALVIN," &C., &c.

WITH A PORTRAIT OF HARVEY, AFTER FAITHORNE

BIDL

DEC 1878

SODLEIANA

LONDON

C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., I, PATERNOSTER SQUARE

ΤΟ

WILLIAM SHARPEY, M.D., F.R.S., LL.D., &c.,

EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE,

LONDON,

This Work is Dedicated

BY HIS OLD FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.