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with him, and probably remained abroad about two years. 

 During this time Harvey most likely visited Venice. Of 

 this tour the doctor speaks in the following terms in a 

 letter written at the time : " I can only complayne that 

 by the waye we could scarce see a dogg, crow, kite, raven, 

 or any bird or any thing to anatomise ; only sum few 

 miserable poeple the reliques of the war and the plauge, 

 where famine had made anatomies before I came." 



Six years after this, in April, 1636, he accompanied the 

 Earl of Arundel in his embassy to the emperor. Having 

 to visit the principal cities of Germany, he was thus 

 afforded an opportunity of meeting the leading biologists 

 of the time, and at Nuremberg he probably met Caspar 

 Hoffmann, and made that public demonstration of the 

 circulation of the blood which he had promised in his 

 letter dated from that city, and which convinced every 

 one present except Hoffmann himself. Hollar, the artist, 

 informs us that Harvey's enthusiasm in his search for 

 specimens often led him into danger, and caused grave 

 anxiety to the Earl of Arundel. " For he would still be 

 making of excursions into the woods, making observations 

 of strange trees, plants, earths, etc., and sometimes like 

 to be lost ; so that my lord ambassador would be really 

 angry with him, for there was not only danger of wild 

 beasts, but of thieves." 



Soon after his return to England, as court physician, 

 his movements became seriously restricted by the 



