Achievements

William Harvey had many achievements in his time. His educational achievements included earning his bachelors degree at Cambridge University in 1597, and studying under the esteemed scientist and surgeon, Hieronymus Fabricus. He was later appointed as a physician to the court of James I. After James I, he was appointed as the personal physician of Charles I.



During his studies, Harvey made many achievements for his theories. He developed an accurate theory of how the heart and the circulatory system operated, stating that blood circulated constantly through the body, and the heart acts as a pump. Harvey's theory was revolutionary because it was accurate to todays knowledge and it was better than the previous theory: that food was converted into flood by the liver, and was then consumed as fuel by the body. He was notorious for using the scientific method and did not record any of his theories or findings until he could prove them.He was also the first to propose that in order to reproduce, humans and mammals needed an egg and sperm to join together. No other theories at the time made sense.