"(30) There is nothing
in this but Galen's view, and Cesalpinus believed, as did all his
contemporaries, that the blood was distributed through the body by the
vena cava and its branches for the nourishment of all its parts.(*) To
those who have any doubts as to Harvey's position in this matter I would
recommend the reading of the "De Motu Cordis" itself, then the various
passages relating to the circulation from Aristotle to Vesalius. Many
of these can be found in the admirable works of Dalton, Flourens,
Richet and Curtis.(31) In my Harveian Oration for 1906(32) I have dealt
specially with the reception of the new views, and have shown how long
it was before the reverence for Galen allowed of their acceptance. The
University of Paris opposed the circulation of the blood for more than
half a century after the appearance of the "De Motu Cordis."
(30) De Plantis, Lib I, cap. 2.
(*) Cesalpinus has also a definite statement of the circlewise
process.--Ed.
(31) J. C. Dalton Doctrines of the Circulation, Philadelphia,
1884; Flourens Histoire de la decouverte de la circulation du
sang, 2d ed., Paris, 1857; Charles Richet Harvey, la circulation
du sang, Paris, 1879; John G.
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