Who Discovered the Circulation of the Blood?
William
Harvey
(1578-1657), an English physician, was the first to accurately describe
the circulation of blood. He spent much of his time doing
research on
heart and blood vessels.
Harvey showed
that blood flowed through the heart, veins and arteries in
one direction
only and one way valves in the heart and veins prevented it from flowing in the opposite
direction.
During Harvey's time, there was no microscope. His
theory relied on the fact
that there had
to be a connection between the veins and arteries. He said that, as both veins and
arteries are
divided into smaller and smaller
branches, the
connecting vessels must be too small for the eye to see. Later, with the aid of
microscope,
Harvey was proved right. discovered that nitro-glycerine could
be handled safely when it was soaked into a powdery rock. He named it dynamite. Later, Nobel
developed more powerful
explosives and
became very wealthy.
He left
his money to pay for a series of international awards, to be given to
people making
a mark in their field. These awards are given every year and are
known as
Nobel Prize.
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