Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. INTRODUCTION. WILLIAM HARVEY, HIS TIMES, AND HIS ACHIEVEMENTS 1*
3. THE SYDENHAM SOCIETY. Title page xxxiii
4. PREFACE xxxvii
5. TABLE OF CONTENTS xliii
6. Life of William Harvey xlix
7. Last Will and Testament of William Harvey cxxi
8. AN ANATOMICAL DISQUISITION ON THE MOTION OF THE HEART AND BLOOD IN ANIMALS 1
9. THE FIRST ANATOMICAL DISQUISITION ON THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD, ADDRESSED TO JOHN RIOLAN 87
10. A SECOND DISQUISITION TO JOHN RIOLAN; IN WHICH MANY OBJECTIONS TO THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD ARE REFUTED 107
11. ANATOMICAL EXERCISES ON THE GENERATION OF ANIMALS ; TO WHICH ARE ADDED, ESSAYS ON PARTURITION ; ON THE MEMBRANES, AND FLUIDS OF THE UTERUS; AND ON CONCEPTION 143
12. ON ANIMAL GENERATION
13. Wherefore we begin with the history of the hen’s egg – Of the production of the chick from the egg of the hen 169
14. The first examination of the egg; or of the effect of the first day's incubation upon the egg – Of the matter of the egg, in opposition to the Aristotelians and the medical writers 228
15. In how far is the fowl efficient in the generation of the egg, according to Aristotle ? And wherefore is the concurrence of the male required? – Of the order of the parts in Generation from an egg, according to Fabricius 300
16. Of the order of the parts according to Aristotle – Of the primigenial moisture 407
17. ON PARTURITION 519
18. ANATOMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE BODY OF THOMAS PARR 587
19. LETTERS 593
20. GENERAL INDEX 619