Do you ever wonder who was behind the discovery of the blood circulation...?
If you are a medical student then you should be knowing this.
The Discovery of blood circulation was an important milestone in world history.
William Harvey was the one who discovered blood circulation in human body.
William Harvey was a 17th century English physician.
William Harvey was the first person to describe in detail how blood was pumped by the heart, and circulated through out the body.
He showed that arteries and veins from a complete circuit, which starts and leads back to the heart. He also described how the heart's regular contraction drive the flow of the blood around the whole body.
Harvey was able to make his discoveries because he ignored the medical text books of the time.
William Harvey's theories of the blood circulation drew considerable criticism in the medical community at that time but ultimately, they were proved to be correct, and his contributions to modern medicine were hailed.
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