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OCR: WILLIAM HARVEY (1578 1657) HE ENGLISH physician William Harvey was the first scientist to publish full description of the way blood moves around the body He found that it 1s a two part process First blood flows from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart (the lesser circulation). Second, blood is supplied to the whole body, except the lungs, before returning to the heart the full circulation). The Arab doctor Ibn A1 Nafis (1205 88 already knew how blood circulates through the lungs but his work was not known Europe Harvey became court physician to both King James and King Charles I. King Charles allowed Harvey carry out research on deer royal parks. ALSO STORY deet OLSO