36 CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD 



along with its author, but, more fortunate than he, was 

 rescued by some kindly hand ! 



While Servetus was tried and burned at Protestant 

 Geneva, the Catholic authorities at Vienne had not been 

 idle. They, too, had tried him in his absence ; they, too, 

 had sentenced him to be burned alive. The sentence was 

 confirmed by the Catholic ecclesiastical tribunal at Vienne 

 after his death. It could hardly then be executed ! He 

 was, however, burnt in effigy, and honour was satisfied. 



