42 BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS 



those of Galen; and his conception of the use of the valves 

 of the veins was entirely wrong. A portrait of this great 

 teacher of Harvey is shown in Fig. 9. 



At Padua young Harvey attracted notice as a student of 

 originality and force, and seems to have been a favorite with 

 the student body as well as with his teachers. His position 

 in the university may be inferred from the fact that he be- 

 longed to one of the aristocratic-student organizations, and, 

 further, that he was designated a "councilor" for England. 

 The practice of having student councilors was then in vogue 

 in Padua; the students comprising the council met for 

 deliberations, and very largely managed the university by 

 their votes upon instructors and university measures. 



It is a favorable comment upon the professional education 

 of his time that, after graduating at the University of Cam- 

 bridge, he studied four or more years (Willis says five years) 

 in scientific and medical lines to reach the degree of Doctor 

 of Physic. 



On leaving Padua, in 1602, he returned to England and 

 took the examinations for the degree of M.D. from Cam- 

 bridge, inasmuch as the medical degree from an English 

 university advanced his prospects of receiving a position at 

 home. He opened practice, was married in 1604, and the 

 same year began to give public lectures on anatomy. 



His Personal Qualities. — Harvey had marked individual- 

 ity, and seems to have produced a powerful impression upon 

 those with whom he came in contact as one possessing 

 unusual intellectual powers and independence of character. 

 He inspired confidence in people, and it is significant that, 

 in reference to the circulation of the blood, he won to his way 

 of thinking his associates in the medical profession. This is 

 important testimony as to his personal force, since his ideas 

 were opposed to the belief of the time, and since also away 

 from home they were vigorously assailed. 



