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Quotation from On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals (De Motu Cordis) by William Harvey
“I profess both to learn and to teach anatomy, not from books but from dissections; not from the positions of philosophers but from the fabric of nature”
On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals (De Motu Cordis), Dedication to Dr. Argent, trans. Robert Willis
Harvey explains to the College of Physicians why his treatise will not parade the names of earlier anatomists.
Citation: "I profess both to learn and to teach anatomy, not from books but from dissections; not from the positions of philosophers but from the fabric of nature" — William Harvey, On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals (De Motu Cordis), Dedication to Dr. Argent, trans. Robert Willis. (id harvey-on-the-motion-of-the-heart-and-blood-q1)
Portrait: William Harvey 2, After Daniël Mijtens, Public domain.
