Blood money: Harvey's De motu cordis (1628) as an exercise in accounting.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0007087418000250
Abstract: William Harvey's famous quantitative argument from De motu cordis (1628) about the circulation of blood explained how a small amount of blood could recirculate and nourish the entire body, upending the Galenic conception of the… read more here.
Keywords: cordis 1628; motu cordis; accounting; blood ... See more keywords