Galen’s theories were sitting ducks, waiting for a physician like Englishman William Harvey to take them down. As the royal doctor during the English Civil War, Harvey (shown here in an undated ...

Dr. William Harvey plans to retire this year. When he took over in 1978 as its 12 th president, the school was known as Hampton Institute and Jimmy Carter was in the White House. His campus office ...

In the 17th-century, William Harvey, an English physician, worked to debunk the misconceptions that phlegm and bile were at the root of all health problems. He was a leading figure in cardiology ...

First William Harvey addressed his audience – professors at the front, students behind and general public at the back – in Latin, the language of scholarship. Harvey propounded his ...