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ambassador at the court of London, who had heard and 
admired his lectures, gave him a physiological manu- 
script just before his departure, which the ‘ambassador 
presented to Paulus Sarpius, a learned monk of his own 
country. After the death of this religious person, when 
his manuscripts were explored, a story was circulated 
that the discovery of the circulation belonged to Paulus, 
who had communicated it either to Fabricius or to 
Harvey. 
dited, and a considerable time was required before it 
could be effaced. , 
Harvey, however, was not one of those ill-fated men 
of genius, who are denied all due honour till the enjoy- 
nent of it is put out of their power by death. He was 
caressed at court, and warmly esteemed by his scienti- 
fic brethren. | By what means, or at what period he was 
introduced to royal notice, we are net informed ; but a. 
letter from James I. of England was found among his 
papers, dated 1623, 7, e. 15 years after he had connect- 
ed himself with the London College, from which it ap- 
péars that he had been for some time extraordinary 
physician to the king, and had been actively employed 
about the royal person. Seven years after this, in the 
reign of Charles I. he was promoted to the office of 
physician in ordinary. He was also employed 'to ac- 
company the young Duke of Lennox in his continental 
travels. 
During the civil wars, Harvey accompanied) the, 
king in his different military movements ; and, after the 
battle of Edgehill, retired with the royal family to Ox- 
ford. In three years after this, he was appointed 
warden of Merton college, instead of Nathaniel Brent, 
who had revolted to the Presbyterian cause. 
’ The circulation of the blood was not the only sub- 
ject in which Harvey was eminent. He also made im- 
portant discoveries on the subject of generation ; and, 
at the age of 73, at the pressing request of Sir George 
Ent, published his work entitled, Hwercitationes de ge- 
neratione Animalium, which contained many experi- 
ments on incubation, and the reproductive functions of 
viviparous animals, ingeniously contrived, and exe- 
cuted with much labour. One of his favourite conclu- 
sions was, that impregnation ‘is not accomplished by the 
contact of the semen of the male with the embryo in 
the body of the female, but by a peculiar stimulus’ com- 
municated by it to the vagina, and: by sympathy to the 
other female organs, and which he compared to conta- 
gion for the peculiarity of its effects;—a conclusion 
which he considered as supported by this fact, that a 
single impregnation of a female fow] was sufficient to 
impart a prolific quality to ove not yet formed. 
arvey dissected the body of Thomas Parr, so cele- 
brated for longevity, having lived to the age of 153, 
and his account of the appearances which he found is de- 
livered in his own words in the editions of his works. 
Several letters written by him to men of science are 
also preserved and published, all of which breathe the 
same chaste philosophical spirit ; and the latest of them 
shew that he retained, in extreme old age, the same 
admirable vivacity of intellect for which he was distin- 
guished through life. His Anatomia Universalis, and 
some other writings not intended for, publication, are 
preserved in manuscript in the British museum.» Some 
_ of his manuscripts, however, and most particularly those 
containing his extended views and experiments ‘on ge- 
neration, were, to the great detriment of science, destroy- 
ed by the licentiousness of the Parliamentary troops, 
when they occupied his house in London. 
When Charles I, fled from Oxford, Harvey went to 
London, where he practised but little as a physician, 
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a great part of his time ina rural retreat at i 
Lambe aa 
“Having now attained to thé. summit of profeséi 
eminence, he received, in 1652, a splendid testimon: 
the esteem entertained for him by the College of Phy- 
sicians. A bust of him was executed by their orders, 
and placed in their hall, accompanied by a. is 
tary inscription. He, in his turn, gave a proof of his 
affection for that learned body, by presenting them with 
Ne RS thee Sl, FEE 
In two years » when Prujean resigned the 
situation of president of the college, Harvey was cho- 
sen his successor ; but; on account of his age and infir- — 
mities, he delicately declined that honourable + 5 
He continued till a very late period of his life vere 
ciate as a lecturer. He attended the meetings’ of the 
college when important business was agi 3 and, in 
the year 1656, he bequeathed to them “his patrimonial 
= . Loaded with various increasing infirmities, 
ied on the 3d of June of the following year, aged 
79, and was buried at Hampstead, where a monument, 
with a figure and suitable epitaph, is erected to his me- 
mory. : . 
The College of Physicians, in 1766, published a beau- 
tiful edition of his works in one large quarto volume, 
to which is prefixed an account of his life by Dr Law- 
rence. Harvey wrote with great perspicuity, and a 
flowing eloquence. His works are not in the slightest 
degree tainted with a spirit of hostility. His contro- — 
versial antagonists, even those who wrote with petu~ 
lance and asperity, are treated by him in temperate and 
civil language. His eandour, cheerfulness, and good 
ness of heart were conspicuous in his whole: life, as 
well.as in his writings, and exhibit a worthy pattern 
for future imitation. (H. al 
HARWICH is a town of land, in the gs « of 
Essex. It is situated at the north-east extremity of the 
county; on a point of land bounded.on the east by the 
sea, and on the north by the estuaries of the Stour and 
the Orwell. The town consists of three principal 
streets, with various lanes branching of in different di-. 
rections. The chief buildings are the chapel, built by 
the Earl of Norfolk about the beginning of the 13 
century ; the townhall, rebuilt about 53 years ago; the 
school-house, and the custom-house. Its market place 
is inclosed, and is neat and clean. | The townis walled 
in, and the streets are paved with a kind of clay from 
a petrifying spring in the neighbourhood, which makes 
itas hard as stone. 5:4 
The inhabitants of Harwich are principally employ- 
ed in ship-building and other maritime ions. 
Several third rates and other large vessels have been 
built here. The harbour, which is independent of the 
bay, is spacious, deep, safe, and convenient ; and a 
light-house has lately erected on.a hill below the 
town for guiding vessels into it. — prt 
The North Sea fishery gives ents to about 
3000 tons of shipping, and 500 sailors belonging te this. 
port. The people too receive much support from the 
Dutch packet boats, which, in time’ of p carry on 
a great intercourse between Harwich and the continent- 
al ports. : muy tet 
uring the bathing season, Harwich is frequented by 
much company, who find. here tolerably geod accom- 
modation. Bathing machines have been for some time 
water baths, with a steam or vai bath, and a large 
bathing place, with a machine for throwing the hot or 
cold water on ahy of the body. The buildings, 
which have commodious dressing rooms, stand in a 
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