On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals: A New Edition of William Harvey's Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis Et Sanguinis in Animalibus

William Harveys On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals is a classic work of the scientific revolution and of modern medicine for in it he famously argued with extensive evidence based on dissections and vivisections for the circulation of the blood. It also overturned the longstanding theories of the hearts movement and function. This new edition is suitable for classroom use and for general interest. In addition to an updated translation it also contains an introductory essay and footnotes. Professor Cartys excellent new edition of William Harveys classic treatise will hopefully return On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals to its rightful place in liberal arts education. --Geoffrey Kellow Associate professor of Intellectual History The College of the Humanities Carleton University This new edition puts Harveys masterpiece of anatomical observation and deductive reasoning within the reach of liberal arts students everywhere. Professor Carty updates Robert Williss 1847 translation modernizing Williss diction and simplifying his syntax. Carty also supplies Harveys Dedication to Charles I his indispensable figures a brief introduction sketching Harveys life and the scientific and political context of his work and many helpful explanatory and scholarly footnotes--advantages that are combined in no other edition currently available. --Jeff J.S. Black St. Johns College Annapolis and Santa Fe Jarrett A. Carty is an Associate Professor at the Liberal Arts College Concordia University Montreal.