William Harvey:

Nature is nowhere accustomed more openly to display her secret mysteries than in cases where she shows tracings of her workings apart from the beaten paths; nor is there any better way to advance the proper practice of medicine than to give our minds to the discovery of the usual law of nature, by careful investigation of cases of rarer forms of disease.

— William Harvey Early Modern

Blood circulation

Context

From 'De Motu Cordis' (1628), Dedication to Doctor Argent. A philosophical statement on learning from anomalies and detailed observation.

Date / Period

1628

Source

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Explanation

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