01-08-2008 | letter to the editor
Michael Servetus (1511-1553) did not discover the lesser circulation
Gepubliceerd in: Netherlands Heart Journal | Uitgave 8/2008
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In the April issue of this Journal, C. van Tellingen presented a rather global survey of the historical development of ideas on the movement of the blood.1 We would like to briefly comment on Van Tellingen’s views on Michael Servetus and the latter’s non-existing historical relation to William Harvey’s true discovery of the circulation of the blood.