William Harvey (1578-1657): Discoverer of blood circulation

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-9

  Androutsos, George ^a   Karamanou, Marianna ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blood circulation; Precursor of cardiology; William Harvey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE;

BLOOD CIRCULATION; CARDIOLOGY; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84856237584     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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