'William Harvey M.D.', after a portrait by Van Bemmel
Maker
Willem van Bemmel (b.1630, d.1708)
Date
Circa 1770
Description
The vintage engraving shows William Harvey, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in a medallion draped with cloth, also shows a drawing of the cardiovascular system, parts of a plant, and a snake entwined around a stick, suggesting a caduceus.
William Harvey (1 April 1578 3 June 1657) was an English physician who made seminal contributions in anatomy and physiology. He was the first known physician to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and body by the heart, though earlier writers, such as Realdo Colombo, Michael Servetus, and Jacques Dubois, had provided precursors of the theory.
The William Harvey Hospital at Ashford is just several miles from his birthplace of Folkestone.
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