June 3– From "On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals" by William Harvey (1628) translated by Robert Willis and revised by Alexander Bowie

 Giant Heart!

June 3– From On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals by William Harvey (1628) translated by Robert Willis and revised by Alexander Bowie

Summary:

Commentary: That's a long title. The intro, dedication, etc. is even longer, at about 15 pages. This is followed by another 3 pages of "Author's Motives" which is the start of tonight's section.

I skimmed the intro on the way to the reading, and it seemed more interesting and easier to understand. I don't know if it's the translation, the science, the age of the text, or what, but this one was very challenging to read and understand. There's a lot of obscure scientist name dropping. 

We get this great phrase:  "It becomes erect, hard, and of diminished size during its action..."