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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1399
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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The true father of circulation: Harvey or Hippocrates?

Tsung O. Cheng, MDa

a Division of Cardiology, George Washington University Medical Center, 2150 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA

To the Editor

I read with interest the recent exchange of letters between Roberts [1] and Cartier [2] regarding William Harvey. The brilliant proof by William Harvey of continuous blood circulation within a contained system was the 17th century’s most important achievement in physiology, medicine, and cardiology. But Harvey (1578–1657) had had precursors [3] such as . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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