Only by understanding the wisdom of natural foods and their effects on the body, shall we attain mastery of disease and pain, which shall enable us to relieve the burden of mankind. — William Harvey Copy Share Image
I profess to learn and to teach anatomy not from books but from dissections, not from the tenets of Philosophers but from the fabric… — William Harvey Copy Share Image
For the concept of a circuit of the blood does not destroy, but rather advances traditional medicine. — William Harvey Copy Share Image
Harvey sought for truth in Truth's own book- Creation - which by God himself was writ;And wisely thought 'twas fitNot to read comments only… — William Harvey Copy Share Image
The heart is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the foundation of life, the… — William Harvey Copy Share Image
And so I conclude that blood lives and is nourished of itself and in no way depends on any other part of the body… — William Harvey Copy Share Image
There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous… — William Harvey Copy Share Image
There is no perfect knowledge which can be entitled ours, that is innate; none but what has been obtained from experience, or derived in… — William Harvey Copy Share Image
I have often wondered and even laughed at those who fancied that everything had been so consummately and absolutely investigated by an Aristotle or… — William Harvey Copy Share Image
Very many maintain that all we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown; nor do philosophers pin their faith to… — William Harvey Copy Share Image
“...I found the task so truly arduous... that I was almost tempted to think... that the movement of the heart was only to be… — William Harvey Copy Share Image
As art is a habit with reference to things to be done, so is science a habit in respect to things to be known. — William Harvey Copy Share Image
The heart of animals is the foundation of their life, the sovereign of everything within them, the sun of their microcosm, that upon which… — William Harvey Copy Share Image
