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Quotation from On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals (De Motu Cordis) by William Harvey
“I began to think whether there might not be a MOTION, AS IT WERE, IN A CIRCLE.”
On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals (De Motu Cordis), Ch. VIII, trans. Robert Willis
The moment of the hypothesis, reached after he could not see how food alone could supply so much blood.
Citation: "I began to think whether there might not be a MOTION, AS IT WERE, IN A CIRCLE." — William Harvey, On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals (De Motu Cordis), Ch. VIII, trans. Robert Willis. (id harvey-on-the-motion-of-the-heart-and-blood-q4)
Portrait: William Harvey 2, After Daniël Mijtens, Public domain.
