234 Index 



Medicines 



externally applied confirm the circulation, 91 

 Mesentery 



bloodvessels of, 94, 115 



Harvey combats Riolan's denial of circulation in vessels of 

 the, 115 



Harvey suggests an experiment to convince him, 171 



valves in the mesenteric veins, 116 



veins of, transfer chyle to the liver, 118 

 Metamorphosis 



doctrine of, contrasted with that of Epigenesis, xxi 

 Mitral Valve 



references to, 17, 101 



Aristotle's error regarding the, 101 

 Morison, R. 



letter of Harvey to, 185 

 Movement 



of the heart, 24, 36 



of the auricles and ventricles, 31 



of the heart summarised, 37 



of the blood from veins to arteries, 42 



of the blood in the foetus, 44 

 lower animals, 43 

 is circular, 58 



of the blood in the veins aided by the circumjacent muscles, 



116 

 Muscle 



the heart a, and so called by Hippocrates, 104 



N 



Nardi, John, of Florence 



letters of Harvey to, 184, 193, 199 

 Nutrition of the Tissues 



connection of the, with the circulation, 119 



O 



Oration^ Harveian 



founded by Harvey, delivered annually at the College of 

 Physicians, xxii 



