Nature is nowhere accustomed to exhibit herself more openly than in her failures.
Blood circulation
Suggesting that studying anomalies and pathological cases reveals fundamental truths about normal function.
c. 1650s (attributed)
Found in 1 providers: gemini
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"I have not only affirmed, but also demonstrated, the circulation of the blood."
Strange & Unusual"Nature is nowhere accustomed more openly to display her secret mysteries than in cases where she shows traces of her workings apart from the beaten path."
Controversial"I appeal to the evidence of my senses, and to the testimony of dissections."
Strange & Unusual"I hold that the motion of the blood is in a circle, and is constantly impelled and distributed by the pulsific action of the heart."
Philosophical"I have been accused by some of daring to depart from the opinions of the ancients."
Strange & Unusual