William Harvey — "I hold that the motion of the blood is in a circle, and is constantly impelled a…"
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.
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The central thesis of 'De Motu Cordis' (1628), a revolutionary scientific discovery with philosophical implications for understanding the body as a machine.
Date: 1628
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