William Harvey

by Sir D'Arcy Power

Sir George Paget’s “Account of an unpublished Manuscript of Harvey,” London, 1850.

The Lancet, vol. ii., 1878, p. 176, and vol. ii., 1883, p. 706.

Chapter IX.

Brooks, W. K., “William Harvey as an Embryologist,” Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin, vol. viii., p. 167.

Harvey’s Notes on Galen, The Athenæum, October, 1888, No. 3180, p. 452.

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INDEX

A
Alston, Dr., [157]
Ameius Gulielmus, [18]
Anatomical demonstrations, [41]-[46];
method of conducting, [57]-[60];
lectures, cost of, [45], [46];
teaching of Reid compared with that of Harvey, [232]-[237];
works of Harvey, [188]
Anatomy, early teaching of, [39];
study of, at Cambridge, [13];
value of comparative, [201]
Andrewes, Dr., [88], [90], [91], [97], [98], [104], [232]
Andrich, Dr., [18], [27]
Anecdotes of Eliab Harvey, [8];
William Harvey, [144]-[145];
Sir Charles Scarborough, [142]
Appearance of Harvey, [52]
Apothecaries’ opinions of Harvey’s prescriptions, [74];
visitations of, [75]-[79]
Aristotle, capillamenta of, [213];
Harvey’s opinion of, [68], [72]
Armorial bearings of the Harvey family, [2]
Art, Harvey an authority on, [115]
Arteries, course of blood in, [213]
Artistarum universitas, [16], [27]
Arundel, Earl of, [111]
Aubrey’s first recollection of Harvey, [130];
Harvey’s advice to, [146]
Auricle, movement of, [200]
Autograph of Harvey in de Glarges’ album, [123]
Aveling, Dr., [83]
Aylesford, Earls of, their relationship to Harvey, [7]
B
Bacon and Harvey, [71]
Barber Surgeons Company, abortive attempt to found a surgical lectureship, [46];
anatomical teaching at, [39], [40]-[44], [57]-[60];
Reid’s lectures at, [47], [231];
Dr. Scarborough’s lectures at, [142]
Barnacle goose, account of, [93], note
Bartholomew’s Hospital, see St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Bass rock, description of, [93]
Bathurst, George, [130]
Bethune, Dr., [83], [118]
Birthplace of William Harvey, [4]
Bleeding, proof of the circulation from the operation of, [214], [216]
Blood, circulation of, as described in Lumleian lectures, [65]
Blood, quantity of, [208]
Brent, Sir Nathaniel, [134], [138], [139]
Breviarium Bartholomei, [215]
Broderield, the, [11]
Browne, Dr. Lancelot, [29]
Burmarsh, Harvey’s estate at, [163]
Butchers proof of the circulation, [210]
C
Caius College, Cambridge, Harvey entered at, [12]
Caius, Dr., [13], [15]
Caldwall, Dr., [46], [47], [48]
Calidum innatum, [192], [255]
Cambridge, anatomy at, [13];
graduation of Harvey at, [14], [27];
Harvey matriculated at, [12], [21]
Canons, Harvey’s lecture, [62]-[64]
Capillamenta of Aristotle, [213]
Cassowary, Harvey’s account of, [239]
Censors of the College of Physicians, their duties, [75], [76]
Centennial eggs, [240]
Cesalpino, [213], [217]
Chambers, Dr., [83]
Charge of the Physician at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, [35]
Charles I., escape of, from Oxford, [138];
Harvey appointed physician to, [70];
Harvey’s friendship with, [240]-[246];
interest of, in the pursuits of Harvey, [240]-[46]
Chick heard in shell, [198], [251];
reasons for the escape of from the egg, [250]-[254]
“Christianismi Restitutio,” [207]
Circulation of the blood, account of, [199]-[202];
anatomical proof of, [206], [219];
butcher’s proof of, [210];
comparative anatomy of, [222];
deduced from syncope, [210], [218];
disquisition to Riolanus on, [224];
formulation of theory of, [206];
Harvey’s account of, [190];
Harvey’s propositions about, [207];
mathematical proof of, [208];
proof of, [206];
proof of from amount of milk secreted, [211];
proof by demonstration, [221], [67];
by continuous flow in, [217];
mathematical, [208];
from phlebotomy, [214], [216];
from surgical operation, [214];
theory of enunciated in Lumleian lectures, [65]
Circulator, meaning of term, [74]
Civil war, [117]-[140]
Clarke, John, Dr., [104]
Clavis Mathematica, [161]
Cold blooded animals, heart’s movements in, [195]
College of Physicians, anatomical teaching in, [39];
attend the funeral of Harvey, [167];
Harvey admitted a member, [29];
admitted a Fellow, [31];
Harvey’s bequests to, [163], [182];
Harvey’s gifts to, [154]-[156];
Harvey elected censor, [75];
erect a statue to Harvey, [155];
Harvey’s pointer at, [57], note;
Harvey portraits at, [10];
leave of absence granted to Harvey, [81];
library rules, [86];
Lumleian lectures at, [45]-[50];
offices held by Harvey, [51], [75], [80], [157], [158];
portraits of the Harvey family at, [10];
sites of, [50], [51];
tanned skin presented to, [103];
translation of Harvey’s remains by, [173]
Columbus Realdus, [207]
Combe, near Croydon, [7]
Comparative anatomy of the circulation, [222];
destruction of Harvey’s notes on, [125], [262];
value of, [202]
Concilarius, duties of, [16];
Harvey elected at Padua, [18]
Cookæus, Joh., [17]
Contemporary estimate of Harvey, [225]
Court physician, [70]
Criticism, contemporary of Harvey, [225]
Croydon, [7]
Cusa, Cardinal Nicholas de, [215], note
Cusanus, [215], note
D
Darcy, Sir Robert, the case of, [228]
Darwin, Prof. George, [19], [20]
Davies, Dr., [51]
Death mask of Harvey, [167], [175]
Demonstration, anatomical method of conducting, [57]-[61];
of Anatomy, [42]-[47];
of the circulation, [221]
Derby, Dr. Harvey at, [126]
Destruction of Harvey’s papers, [125], [262]
Development, treatise on, [89], [238]-[263];
introduction to, [147]-[154]
Diastole, meaning of the term, [193], note
Diploma, of Harvey, [26]
Dunne, William, [51]
E
Eccentricities of Harvey, [144], [145]
Edgehill, Harvey at, [126]
Eggs, centennial, [240]
Elect, Harvey chosen, [80];
duties of, [80]
English nation at Padua, [18]
Ent, Dr., [182];
account of Harvey, [146]-[153];
meets Harvey at Rome, [115]
Epitaph of Joan Harvey, [5]
Estey, George, [11]
Euclid, Scarborough the first English editor of, [139]
F
Fabricius Hieronymus, [15], [23], [219];
lectures of, [23];
honours paid to, [23];
relation of to Harvey, [25], [240], [249]-[254];
theatre of, [23]
Fainting, assigned cause of, [214];
proof of circulation deduced from, [211], [218]
Ferraris, Prof. Carlo, [18], [19]
Finch, Sir H., [7]
Floyer, Sir John, [215], note
Folkestone, [3], [5], [11]
Footman, the King’s, [5]
Forster, Richard, [51]
Fracastorius’ opinion of the heart’s movement, [193]
France, Harvey in, [84]
G
Generation, account of treatise on, [238]-[263];
introduction to, [147]-[154];
treatise on, [89]
Gerarde’s “Herbal” quoted, [93], note
Germany, Harvey’s travels in, [123]
Girardi, Dr., [18]
Glarges, Philip de, [123]
Glove, Harvey’s experiment with, [196]
Gonville Hall, [13]
Goose, solan or barnacle account of, [93], note
Gurgany, John, [137]
Guestling, the, [12]
H
Halke, Joane, [3]
Halke, Thomas, [3]
Hamey, Dr., [157]
Harvey, Amye, [9]
Harvey, Aubrey’s description of William, [52]
Harvey, mortuary chapel, the, [8], [168]
Harvey, Daniel, [6], [143]
Harvey, Eliab, [7], [38], [143], [166], [168], [177], [182]
Harvey, Sir Eliab, G.C.B., anecdote of, [8]
Harvey, Elizabeth, [29]-[31]
Harvey, Joan, [3]-[5]
Harvey, John, [5], [30], [33], [141]
Harvey, Matthew, [9], [141]
Harvey, Michael, [9], [141]
Harvey, Mrs., [29]-[31], [141]
Harvey, Sarah, [5]
Harvey, Thomas, [3]-[5], [6], [11], [29]
Harvey, Walter, [1]
Harvey, Dr. William, advice to Aubrey, [146];
anatomical teaching compared with that of Reid, [231]-[237];
anatomical works of, [188]-[237];
an art collector, [115];
and Hofmann, [113];
and Sir Charles Scarborough, [109], [139], [140], [142];
and the Civil War, [117]-[140];
and the English school of Anatomy, [134];
and Willoughby, [126];
anecdotes of, [144]-[146];
apothecaries’ opinion of, [74];
appearance of, [52];
armorial bearings of, [2];
as a literary man, [159];
at Cambridge, [12], [27];
at Padua, [14]-[27];
at Padua, elected councillor, [19]
Harvey, Dr. William, at College of Physicians, censor, [75];
demonstrator’s rod at, [57], note;
Elect, [80];
elected candidate, [29];
elected Fellow, [31];
elected Concilarius, [158];
elected President, [157];
leave of absence granted to, [82];
Lumleian lecturer, [51];
Lumleian lectures, notes of, [53]-[56], [62]-[69];
rules for library drawn up by, [87];
Tabulæ Harveianæ, [68];
Treasurer, [80]
Harvey, William, Dr., at Court, accompanies King to Scotland, [92];
Physician in Ordinary to King Charles I., [70], [87]-[88];
relation to the King, [89];
Physician Extraordinary to King James I., [70];
Senior Physician in Ordinary, [118];
at Oxford, [126]-[140];
Letters to Prince Rupert, [130], [131]
Harvey, Dr. William, at Ratisbon, [115];
at Rome, [115];
at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, elected physician in reversion, [32];
last payment to, [132], [133];
retirement from, [132], [133];
leave of absence granted to, [82];
physician to, [34]-[38];
rules for the government of, [96];
stipend as physician, [38];
substitute appointed for, [90];
at Trinity College, Oxford, [130];
attends Prince Maurice, [131];
autograph in de Glarges’ album, [123];
autopsy on old Parr, [111];
birthplace of, [4];
builds library and museum at College of Physicians, [154]-[157];
burial of, [167];
candidate at the College of Physicians, [29];
compared with John Hunter, [184]-[187];
complains of old age, [159];
contemporary criticism of, [225];
estimate of, [184]-[187];
death of, [166];
death mask of, [167], [175];
debt to Fabricius, [24], [25];
demonstrator’s rod at the College of Physicians, [57], note;
destruction of his manuscripts, [124], [262];
diploma of, [26];
dissections by, [66];
early life of, [11]-[13];
eccentricities of, [144], [145], [146];
elected consiliarius at Padua, [18];
elected President of College of Physicians, [157];
elected Warden of Merton, [135];
Ent’s account of, [146]-[157];
entries concerning, at Padua, [18], [27];
eulogy of, [184]-[187];
experiments on himself, [255];
Fellow of the College of Physicians, [31];
friendship of Charles I. with, [240]-[247];
graduates M.D., at Cambridge, [27];
at Oxford, [130];
at Padua, [26];
Howell’s letter to, [160];
humour of, [30], [64], [68], [69];
ill practice by, [110];
in London, [28], [31];
jargon used by, [56];
knowledge of Latin, [14], [18];
Lancashire witches, [104]-[109];
later years of, [141];
lecture canons of, [62]-[64];
letters to Prince Rupert, [130], [131];
liberality of, [24], [38], [86], [154];
lineage of, [1];
love for Virgil, [54];
marriage of, [29];
meets Dr. Ent at Rome, [115];
midwifery, practical knowledge of, possessed by, [110];
muscular lecture, [67];
mystical side of, [255];
notes of muscular lecture, [67]-[69];
notes of visceral lecture, [53]-[56];
opinion of Aristotle, [68];
pathological knowledge of, [228];
pathological observations of, [228], [246];
peculiarities of, [144], [145], [146];
personal appearance of, [52];
physiological advances since the time of, [237], [238];
pillage of his lodgings, [124], [262];
powers of observation of, [247]-[254];
practice of, [71]-[75];
probate of will of, [184];
publication of his work, “De motu sanguinis,” [73];
religion of, [55], [187]; [256]-[260];
remains, treatment of, [170]-[175];
rules drawn up by, [87];
treatise on development by, [238]-[242];
estimate of treatise on Generation, [261];

resigns the Lumleian Lectureship, [163];
similes used by, [68], [69];
speech at Merton College, [135];
“stemma” of, [19], [20];
stipend as Court Physician, [88], [118]-[121];
as Physician to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, [38];
sues Lumleian trustees, [122];
surgery as well as medicine practised by, [109];
translation of remains, [170]-[175];
travels with the Earl of Arundel, [112];
travels with the Duke of Lennox, [81]-[87];
travels with King Charles, [90];
treatise on development, [89];
will of, [176]-[184]
Hawke, Joane, [3]
Hawke, Thomas, [3]
Heat, innate, [255]
Heart and lungs, connection of, [201]
Heart, mechanism of contraction, [196]
Heart’s movements, experiments concerning, [195];
in cold blooded animals, [194], [197];
Fracastorius’ opinions of, [193];
simile for, [200];
relation of lungs to, [223];
Reid’s knowledge of, [232]-[236]
Heberden, Dr., [144]
Hempstead, Harvey’s burial at, [168], [169], [170], [175];
mortuary chapel at, [8]
Henry III., death of, [1]
Hervey, Sir Walter, [1]
Henrietta Maria, Queen, at Merton College, [136]
Hofmann and Harvey, [113]
Hollar’s anecdote of Harvey, [114]
Holsbosch, Dr., bequest of, [87]
Horst, Dr., [159]
Hospital, see St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Howell’s letter to Harvey, [160]
Humidum primigenium, [256], [261]
Hunter, John, compared with Harvey, [184]-[187]
I
Identification of students in Italy, [17]
Innate Heat, [255]
Insects, destruction of Harvey’s notes on, [125];
heart in, [198]
Italian Universities, [14]-[16]
Italy, identification of students in, [17]
J
James I., Harvey appointed physician to, [70]
Jargon used by Harvey in his notes, [56]
Jenkin, Juliana, [3]
Jenkin, William, [3]
Juristarum, universitas, [16], [17]
K
King’s footman, [5]
King’s turnspit, [6]
L
Lancashire Witches, story of, [104]-[109]
Lecture, anatomical importance of, [58]
Lectures, Lumleian, [39]-[69]
Lectures, notes of Harvey’s Lumleian, [53]-[69]
Lennox, Duke of, [81]
Library, rules for use of, [87]
Linacre, [50]
Lineage of Harvey, [1]
Listerus, Josephus, [17], [26]
Literature, Harvey’s love for, [160]
Lock Hospitals, [99], note
London, Harvey settles in, [28], [31]
Lumley, Lord, [47]
Lumley, Lord, heirs of, sued by Harvey, [122]
Lumleian lecturer, Harvey appointed, [51]
Lumleian lectures, [39]-[69]
Lumleian lecturers, early, [51]
Lumleian lectures, foundation of, [46], [47]
Lumleian lectures, schemes of, [48]-[50]
Lumleian lectureship resigned by Harvey, [163]
Lumleian trustees sued by Harvey, [122]
Lungs, circulation in, [204]
Lungs and heart, connection of, [201]
Lungs, relation of heart to, [223]
Lungs, use of, [204]
M
Magistral universities, [16]
Mantuan war, Harvey’s description of the results of, [85]
Marriage of Harvey, [29]
Mathematical proof of circulation, [208]
Matriculation, Harvey’s, at Cambridge, [12];
at Padua, [17]
Maurice, Prince, [131], [138]
Merton College, Harvey at, [134]-[140];
marriages at, during royalist occupation, [137];
Queen Henrietta at, [136]
Micklethwaite, Sir John, [133]
Midwifery, practical knowledge of, possessed by Harvey, [110], [126]
Milk, proof of circulation from secretion of, [211]
Mirfield, John of, [216]
Mœsler, Dr. Adam, [83]
Moore, Dr. Norman, [36], [53], [215], [262]
Moisture the primigenial, [256], [261]
Muscular lecture, [67]
N
Nardi, Dr., [160], [161]
Nottingham, the first Earl of, [7]
Nuremberg, Harvey at, [113]
O
O’Birne, Mr., anecdote of, [8]
Observation, Harvey’s powers of, [247]
Oxford, surrender of, [138]
Oxford, Harvey at, [126]-[140]
Oughtred’s “Clavis Mathematica,” [162]
Old Parr, [111]
P
Padua, celebration at, [19];
diploma granted to Harvey, [26];
election of rector at, [21];
entries concerning Harvey at, [18], [27];
nations at, [18];
the Universities at, [14]-[27]
Padua University, life at, [21]-[23];
why selected by Harvey, [15]
Paget, Sir George, [69], [242]
Paget, Sir James, [5]
Parr, Old, [111]
Paris, Harvey in, [84]
Parrot, Mrs. Harvey’s, [30]
Pathological observations by Harvey, [227], [245]
Pepperer, Walter Harvey a, [1]
Pepys, Mr., attends an anatomical lecture, [44]
Perfusion experiment, [197]
Perquisites of Court Physicians, [118]-[119], [121]
Phlebotomy, proofs of the circulation from, [214], [216]
Physicians, College of, see College of Physicians
Physicians, their relation to Surgeons, [100], [101]
Physiological advances since the time of Harvey, [236]
Pigeon, experiment with heart of, [197]
Pillage of Harvey’s lodgings, [124], [262]
Portraits of the Harvey family, [10]
Prayers used to measure time, [216]
Prescriptions, secrecy attaching to, [102], [103]
Primrose, James, [80]
Primrose, Serjeant-Surgeon, [83]
Probate of Harvey’s will,[184]
Prujean, Dr., [154], [156], [157],[158]
Pulmonary circulation, [204]
Pulse watch, [215], note
R
Ratisbon, Harvey at, [115]
Rector of Italian University, honours paid to, [23]
Rector of Italian University, election of, [21]
Reid, Alexander, [47], [57], [231], [237]
Religion of Harvey, [55], [187]
Richardson, Sir Benj. Ward, [170]
Riolanus, treatise to, [224]-[230]
Roehampton, [5], [7], [166]
Rolls Park, [4], [10]
Rolls Park portraits, [10]
Rome, Harvey at, [115]
Rupert, Prince, [130], [131], [138]
Royal College of Physicians, see Physicians, College of
S
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital charge to the physician, [35];
duties of physician, [34]-[38];
Harvey appointed physician, [34];
Harvey appointed physician in reversion, [32];
physician’s lodgings at, [37];
rules for governance of, [96], [99]-[103]
St. Sepulchre’s, Harvey married at, [29]
Scarborough, Sir Charles, [44], [52], [109], [122], [139], [140], [142], [162], [182]
Scotland, Harvey in, [92]
Scotch nation at Padua, [18]
Screopeus, Hen., [17]
Scrope, Adrian, treated by Harvey, [127]
Servetus, [207]
Shakespeare’s death, [62]
Shrimps, heart in, [198]
Sieveking, Sir E. H., [53]
Silvius, Jacques, [24]
Skin, human, presented to College of Physicians, [103]
Skull, human, at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, [244]
Slegel, Dr., letter to, [230]
Smith, Capt., at Edgehill, [129]
Smith, Dr. Edward, [82], [90], [91], [92], [130], [131], [156]
Solan goose, account of, [93], note
Spider, experiment with poison of, [255]
“Stemma” of Harvey at Padua, [19], [20]
Stipend of Court Physician, [88], [118], [119], [121];
of physician to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, [38]
Student Universities, [16]
Students, identification of, in Italy, [17]
Surgical Lectureship founded at the Royal College of Physicians, [48]
Surgeons subordinate to physicians, [100]-[102]
Surgery practised by Harvey, [109];
proof of circulation from, [214]
Syllabus of Lumleian lectures, [49]
Syncope, assigned cause of, [214]
Systole, meaning of the term, [193], note
T
Tabulæ Harveianæ, [66]
Tearne, Dr., [44]
Theatre of Fabricius at Padua, [23]
Thirty Years’ War, account of devastation by, [114]
Tight lacing, Harvey’s treatment for, [65]
Time, measurement of, [215]
Turnspit, the King’s, [6]
Trinity College, Oxford, Harvey at, [130]
U
Universitas artistarum, [16], [27]
Universitas juristarum, [16], [21], [27]
University of Cambridge, Harvey graduates at, [14], [27];
Harvey matriculated at, [12]
Universities of Italy, [14]
University of Oxford, [129]-[140]
University life at Padua, [14]-[27]
Universities, types of, [16]
V
Valves in veins, their discovery, [24]
Valves, uses of in veins, [219], [220]
Veins, course of the blood in, [213];
uses of valves in, [219], [220];
valves of, their discovery, [24]
Ventricles, movements of, [199]
Verney, Sir Edward, [128]
Viewing patients, the practice of, [111]
Visitation of Apothecaries’ shops, [75]-[79]
Virgil, Harvey’s love for, [54]
Vlackveld, Dr., Harvey’s letter to, [163]
W
Walpole’s anecdote of Eliab Harvey, [8]
Ward, Samuel, Master of Sidney Sussex College, [243]
Ward, Seth, [162]
Watch for the pulse, [215]
Wilkenson, Dr., [34]
Will of Harvey, [176]
Willoughby, Dr. Percival, [126]
Winchelsea and Aylesford, Earls of, their relationship to the Harvey family, [7]
Witches, Lancashire, story of, [104]
Wood, Anthony, [138], [142]
Y
York, Duke of, [127], [138]
Z
Zadig, method of, [248]