William Harvey

What nationality was Harvey?

• Italian

• French

• British

• German

Harvey discovered that heart acted like a ______ ?

What did Harvey prove happened to blood in the body?

• It was constantly produced by the liver.

• It passed through inviable channels in the heart.

• It could be pumped in two directions.

• Its circulated around the body.

What did Harvey study which helped him make his discovery? (2)

• Cold Blood Animals

• The Books of Galen and Hippocrates

• Mammals (such as Apes)

• Human dissection

Why did Harvey use cold blooded animals?

• They had a slower heart rate

• They were easier to get hold of

• There was access to more them

• It was advised by Galen and Hippocrates

Harvey disproved the Theory of the 4 Humours because he proved the body could never have __________ ___________ blood.

Which isn't one of the 4 humours?

• Sweat

• Phlegm

• Yellow Bile

• Blood

• Black Bile

What did Harvey spend his life studying?

• The brain

• Blood

• Cures for diseases

• The lungs

What time period is often called the “rebirth of the science of medicine.”

• Dark Ages

• Middle Ages

• Renaissance

• 17th Century

In what century was the printing press invented?

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

• 17th