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William Harvey and the circulation of the blood
About this film
An updated version of the 1928 film of the same title made by Sir Thomas Lewis and Sir Henry Dale, a film made for the Royal College of Physicians' commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the publication of William Harvey's book on the circulation of the blood. Introduced and narrated by Sir Henry Dale, it portrays the life and works of William Harvey (1578- 1657), with Dr. Len Goodwin, FRS, reading in Harvey's voice from the 1847 English translation of De Motu Cordis (1628). Harvey's experimental reasoning is explained with the aid of dissections of the heart and animated diagrams of the circulation of the blood. 6 segments.
Directors & creators
Wellcome Library
Subjects
Harvey, William, 1578-1657, Blood Circulation -- history, Cardiology -- history, Human physiology, Medicine
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