1. sample presentation By Mr. Shumaker
William Harvey
sample presentation
By Mr. Shumaker

2. Major Achievements
First to correctly describe the precise function of blood in mammals.
Successfully described circulatory system
also embryology
Diagram of a vein

3. William Harvey on Circulation
Blood :
-pumped around the body in a closed system.
-arteries/veins.
-distributed nourishment to body.
Descartes -
developed the ideas of Rene Descartes and muslim researcher,Ibn Nafis (1242 A.D.)
Diagram of an artery

4. His life 1578 (Folkstone, Eng.)-1657
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and the University of Padua (Italy).
personal physician for Kings James I and Charles I.
1628, Harvey wrote: An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals,
In1651, his book De Generatione
William Harvey

5. What made him so special???
Used Scientific method
Contradicted 1200 year old beliefs
good/bad blood
Blood letting
New ideas encouraged further research
New field of science: embryology
Detailed diagram of circulatory system
Contradicted ideas of Claudius Galenus (a.k.a. Galen: A.D.)
Good blood – heart
Bad blood – liver
Suggested existence of egg in mammals
Arterial system

6. Why William Harvey should be in THE BALLOON
Leadership experience: worked for 2 Kings!.
Creative and Independent thinker: overturned 1200 years of superstition
Promote use of reason through use of the scientific method.
Many talents/interests: author, doctor, anatomist, researcher

7. Bibliography
Grollier(1997) The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 13. Danbury, CT: Grolier, Inc.
Landry, Peter (2006). William Harvey. Retrieved September 12, 2006, from Blupete.com Web site:
Porter, roy (1998). About William Harvey. Retrieved September 12, 2006, from William Harvey.org Web site:
McGraw-Hill (1973). McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography; an international reference work. New York: McGraw-Hill.
World Book, Inc. (1990). The World Book Encyclopedia, Volume 9. Chicago: World Book, Inc.