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will be seen that., throughout my Harveian Oration, as now published, I have abstained from the use of notes; for I was anxious to present to the reader a continuous, unbroken text. But it is the more necessary that I should acknowledge the obligations I have incurred to the elegant and scholarly translation of the Works of Harvey made for the Sydenham Society by Dr. Robert Willis. It is his English version that I quote throughout. For facts and dates relating to the Life of Harvey, I am indebted partly to the same source, and partly to the “Roll of the Royal College of Physicians’’ compiled by our learned librarian, Dr. Munk.

What I have said on the subject of Harvey’s belief in the efficacy of the hand of a corpse, and on the origin of the inquiries which led to his discovery of the circulation of the blood, will be found borne