Harvey the Heart

In the 17th century European doctors were still using the medical ideas of...

• Julius Caesar

• Galen

• Goofy

• Artistotle

Galen, in the 2nd century AD, did make some accurate medical discoveries: for example, he had shown the difference between veins and.......

Galen believed that blood was consumed by the body, and needed constant replacement by the body.

• TRUE

• FALSE

In ....................... they had already discovered circulation of blood around the body, approx. 2600 years ago.

William Harvey's father was a...

• doctor

• tree surgeon

• farmer

• priest

William Harvey demonstrated that there was too ................ blood in the body for it to be constantly replenished.

• little

• thin

• heavy

• much

Everyone immediately accepted William Harvey's ideas.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Harvey still supported the use of blood-letting.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Harvey was unable to prove how veins and arteries are linked. This was proven after his death, when ............................... were discovered.