Show genius poorly rewarded the discovery of the correct poal tion and physiological function of the heart when announced by andreas Andrei iB Ve the belgian master of an iwas received on tho the one hand with cold skepticism and on the other with hot opposition slowly grudgingly the worth of it was waa recognized zed reward in proper measure meas u re was not given but it provided the steppingstone stepping stone enabling william harvey to discover the circulation of the blood Ve Ves tillus was a native natives of antwerp his period being 1514 1504 1564 at fourteen lie was a student of medicine in louvain at twenty lie he was in and the year following became public demonstrator ht at padua in bologna he gained a professorship and in pisa a similar chair at twenty eight his incomparable treatise on human anatomy appeared london graphic |