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William Harvey

William Harvey. About William Harvey. William was born at his home on April 1 1578, he died on June 3 rd 1657 He went to school at The King’s School in Canterbury William was of English nationality. Williams Work. He was known for his work in the field of medicine and physiology

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William Harvey

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  1. William Harvey

  2. About William Harvey • William was born at his home on April 1 1578, he died on June 3rd 1657 • He went to school at The King’s School in Canterbury • William was of English nationality

  3. Williams Work • He was known for his work in the field of medicine and physiology • His most important discovery in systematic circulation • in 1628 published his work ExercitatioAnatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanginuis in Animalibus

  4. Claim to Fame Image of veins from Harvey's Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus

  5. William's Family • Williams parents were Thomas Harvey and JoaneHalke • Elizabeth C. Browne was his wife • Elizabeth was the daughter of Lancelot Browne he was a London physician • William and Elizabeth didn’t have any children

  6. Harvey and Today • William Harvey’s idea that the heart pumped the blood through the body is still true today • He proposed that blood flowed through the heart in two separate closed loops

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