Use the X-ray of a healthy heart, magnified blood smear, and Chart of the Circulatory System to capture class interest with these hands-on documents. Use the Broadsheets to introduce William Harvey, his work, and the world of 17th-century science. Students should know that Harvey’s original presentation on the circulation of blood is still used today. Historians: Jonathan Miller and Gerald Leach. The contents of this Jackdaw feature:

• Early Ideas on the Circulation
• Harvey on the Circulation
• Scientific Ideas in the 17th Century
• Harvey’s Life
• The Heart and Circulation As We Know Them Today

• Portrait of William Harvey.
• Pages from Aubrey’s Brief Lives.
• Pages from Coriolanus.
• Page from Vesalius: De Humani Corporis Fabrica.
• Part of Harvey’s medical diploma.
• Pages from first Latin edition of Harvey’s De Motu Cordis.
• Pages from first English edition of De Motu Cordis.
• Chart of the circulation and magnified smear of blood.
• X-ray of a healthy heart.
• Electrocardiograms.