CONTENTS 



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I. THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD . i 



II. THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM IN 



ANTIQUITY . . . . . .10 



III. THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING . . . .18 



IV. VESALIUS AND THE NEW ANATOMY . . .23 

 V. SERVETUS . . . . . .29 



VI. THE SUCCESSORS OF VESALIUS . . -37 



VII. HARVEY ....... 42 



VIII. AN EPITOME AND ESTIMATE OF HARVEY'S WORK 50 



IX. THE DISCOVERY OF THE CAPILLARIES AND BLOOD 



CORPUSCLES . . . . .69 



BIBLIOGRAPHY ...... 77 



INDEX ....... 79 



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