All we know is still infinitely less than all that remains unknown.

Whilst doing this the physician reiterates the fact that these two ventricles move together almost simultaneously and not independently like had been thought previously by his predecessors. Apart from the already mentioned love of literature Harvey was also an intense and dedicated observer of birds during his free time: several long and detailed passages of citations could be written delineating his observations in such places as the "Pile of Boulders" (a small island in Lancashire) 'Bass Rock' (island of the East Coast of Scotland) and "The Bass" (another Scottish island).

After his death the William Harvey Hospital was constructed in the town of Ashford several miles from his birthplace of Folkestone. William Harvey (1 April 1578 – 3 June 1657) was an English physician. He was the first to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the body by the heart though earlier writers had provided precursors of the theory.