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1. Today, as we commemorate the 380th anniversary of the publishing of Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus by William Harvey, let us review the recording of the interview that was done with the man himself.

Recording of Harvey interview then is played

2. Mr. William Harvey’s recent discoveries about blood circulation became an international hit in the scientific community, but at the same time How did you come to research on such a complicated topic like blood circulation?

The source of inspiration has to be my teacher, who failed to discover and explain the true use of ‘valves’ in veins. That meant not enough for me, or at least unacceptable, and so began my long journey of finding the true use of these valves.

Can you tell us the brief details of your discovery?

Haha, yeah I guess it will bore the listeners to death if I ramble on about it, so I will summarize for you in simple terms so that you can all understand: The blood is pumped by the heart to the rest of the body, after which it will return to the heart to be “cleared” before being pumped again. In other words, the heart is like the recycling bin while the blood being the recycled material.

So what is this controversy surrounding your discovery?

Well, it is because my theory differs so much from the Galen theory, which is, or at least has been, much accepted by the people.

So what is so different about the 2?

Actually, virtually everything is different! While Galen categorized the blood into venous (dark red) and arterial (bright, thin), mine was just one group: blood. In case you are not sure what this means, Galen theorized that the 2 different blood groups had different origins: venous coming from the liver and arterial blood from the heart. These are entirely different concepts and would change the whole meaning of human blood.

Ok now we have our specialty program! Lets hear from Ms. Kim, a renowned scholar of the present time! This is a live recording, of course. A scholar’s analysis and feeling now

3. What significance did Mr. Harvey’s discovery make in science back then?

It made a whole lot difference between the two models at that time: the science, the concepts and the lives at stake. I admit that Harvey’s discovery was a really risky business: people were very much comfortable with the old Galen theory. Harvey’s new suggestion did outrage a lot of people and that was risky enough, not to mention the fact that no one other than Harvey could prove it at that time.

But the most important point about his discovery has to be the legacy he left behind for the science generation of that time, because a whole new concept of blood circulation meant that surgeries could be performed differently, patients could have higher guarantee of surviving blood-related diseases and so on. In other words, it was a breakthrough in life science. Just look at his theory today! It still stands! It just shows the extent of Mr. Harvey’s research and work.

Thank you for your time, dear listeners! Next week, we will host a variety show, The Forefathers of the Modern Universe. So stay in tune!

Big Question: How do Galen's theory and Havery's theory differ?