The English physician William Harvey was the first to explain how our pumping hearts circulate blood. Though circulation remained the primary focus of his medical research, Harvey also studied ...

One of Harvey’s most famous experiments. This was used to show how blood moved to a patient’s forearm Galen close GalenA Roman doctor who lived from AD129 to approximately AD203. He revived ...

In the 16th and 17th centuries ideas about the human body were evolving, thanks in no small part to three medical pioneers: Andreas Vesalius, Ambroise Paré and William Harvey. Like most of his ...