jan 1, 1628 - William Harvey's "An Anatomical Disquisition On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals"

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In this work, Harvey recognizes the heart as a pump that pushes blood throughout the body and includes explanations of heart valves and arterial pulse, stands as a triumph of true scientific inquiry, and is still regarded as one of the greatest discoveries in physiology.

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