Discovering the circulatory nature of blood flow and the function of the heart, William Harvey released medical science from prevailing classical theory and paved the way for the rise of an exact anatomical science. Yet Harvey still concurred with much of traditional seventeenth-century theory, and trenchantly maintained the view that Nature has an ultimate purpose and life cannot be reduced to dead matter by materialist onslaught.
The result is the passionate, incisive and beautifully crafted ground plan of a new system.
The most comprehensive paperback edition available, with introduction,index, and chronology of Harvey's life and times.
