William Harvey Quotes
William Harvey reshaped medicine by insisting that the heart’s pulse be measured, not mystified. These four quotes reveal his relentless push for experiment and his scorn for alchemical theories. If this intrigues you, check out Renaissance science, anatomy history, or modern physiology for deeper context.
![“He [William Harvey] bid me to goe to the Fountain-head, and read Aristotle, Cicero, Avicenna, and did call the Neoteriques shitt-breeches.” quote by John Aubrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/11d/john-aubrey-29611_fountain_he-william-harvey-bid-me-to-goe-to-the-f_403622.jpg)
![“Only by following out the injunction of our great predecessor [William Harvey] to search out and study the secrets of Nature by way of experiment, can we hope to attain to a comprehension of 'the wisdom of the body and the understanding of the heart,' and thereby to the mastery of disease and…” quote by Ernest Starling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e56/ernest-starling-88442_body_only-by-following-out-the-injunction-of_1266565.jpg)
![“He [William Harvey] did not care for chymistrey, and was wont to speake against them with an undervalue.” quote by John Aubrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fd7/john-aubrey-29611_care_he-william-harvey-did-not-care-for-chymi_1900458.jpg)
![“I have heard him [William Harvey] say, that after his Booke of the Circulation of the Blood came-out, that he fell mightily in his Practize, and that 'twas beleeved by the vulgar that he was crack-brained.” quote by John Aubrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08a/john-aubrey-29611_blood_i-have-heard-him-william-harvey-say-that_2382936.jpg)