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Padua 



Harvey and Galileo there together, vii, xiv 



famous for its university, xiv 



Harvey studies medicine at, xiv 

 Parr, Thomas 



anatomical examination of the body of, 207 

 Pathology 



how best advanced, 112 

 Pecquet 



Harvey refers to his discovery of the Receptaculum Chyli, 186 



Harvey praises his industry, 196 



See also Lacteals 

 Phlebotomy 



explained by the circulation, 73 



shows nature of flow of blood in the veins, 154 



influenced by temperature and mental state, 157 

 Physicians, College of 



Harvey elected a Fellow of the, xv 



Harvey built a Convocation Hall for, and gave books to, xvii 



his treatise dedicated to President and Fellows of, 5 

 Physiology 



importance of its study, 112 

 Poisons 



action of, confirmatory of the circulation, 90 

 Pulmonary Artery 



formerly supposed to carry nourishment to lungs, 17 



why coats of, thinner than those of aorta, 107 



transmits far more blood than required for nutrition, 108 

 Pulmonary Circulation 



speculation as to its use, 48 



follows from continual passage of blood from right ventricle 

 to lungs, and from lungs to left ventricle, 54 



course of, shown in body of a man recently hanged, 177 

 Pulmonary Veins 



ancient views regarding their function, 17 

 Pulse 



caused by contraction of the ventricle, 29 



due to the impulse or shock of the blood, 30 



