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Quotation from On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals (De Motu Cordis) by William Harvey
“it is absolutely necessary to conclude that the blood in the animal body is impelled in a circle, and is in a state of ceaseless motion”
On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals (De Motu Cordis), Ch. XIV, trans. Robert Willis
The one-paragraph statement of the doctrine that the whole book has been building toward.
Citation: "it is absolutely necessary to conclude that the blood in the animal body is impelled in a circle, and is in a state of ceaseless motion" — William Harvey, On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals (De Motu Cordis), Ch. XIV, trans. Robert Willis. (id harvey-on-the-motion-of-the-heart-and-blood-q7)
Portrait: William Harvey 2, After Daniël Mijtens, Public domain.
