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Title:  The anatomical exercises of Dr. William Harvey professor of physick, and physician to the Kings Majesty, concerning the motion of the heart and blood. [Part 3] Two anatomical exercitations concerning the circulation of the blood to John Riolan the son ... With the preface of Zachariah Wood physician of Roterdam. To which is added Dr. James De Back his Discourse of the heart, physician in ordinary to the town of Roterdam.
Author: Harvey, William, 1578-1657.
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wise the veins do more conspicuously, and freely pour out the blood the body being heated before opening of a vein than when it is cold. We see that the passion of the mind (in the administration of Phlebotomie) if any fearfull person chance to sound, streight the flux of the blood is stopp'd, and a bloodless palenesse seases on all the superfice of his body, his members are stiff, his ears sing, his eyes grow dim, and are in convulsion. I find here a field where I might run our further, and exspatiate at large in specu∣lation: But from hence so great a light of truth appears, from which so many questions may be resolv'd, so many doubts answered, so many causes and cures of diseases found out, that they seem to require a particular treatise. Con∣cerning all which in my medicinal obser∣vations, I'll set down things worthy your admiration.For what is more admirable, than that in all affections, desires, hope, or fear, our bodies suffer severall ways, our ve∣ry countenances are changed, and our blood is seen to fly up and down? with anger our eyes are red, the black of the eye is lessen'd in shamefastnesse, and the cheeks are flush'd with rednesse; by fear, infamie, and shame, the face is pale, the ears glow, as if they should hear sone ill thing: young men that are 0