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William Harvey

William Harvey : Englishman, 1578–1657

By Prof. Kenneth J. Franklin. Pp. 151 + 5 plates. (London: Macgibbon and Kee, 1961.) 18s. net.

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William Harvey. Nature 191, 740–741 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191740a0

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