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Discovery of the Circulatory System

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Since ancient times, the heart has been equated to a household divinity, the source of life and that of the immortal soul. Throughout the Middle Ages, poets, kings, lords, and subjects alike had romantically characterized the heart as the emblem of human emotions. In this chapter, the author discusses the historical view of the heart and the circulatory system from the ancient Egyptians to the ultimate discovery of circulation by William Harvey.

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Gomes, J.A. (2020). Discovery of the Circulatory System. In: Heart Rhythm Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45066-3_1

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