Ceaseless motion: William Harvey

The life and legacy of William Harvey

In 2018, the RCP celebrates its 500th anniversary. As part of this eventful year, January saw the opening of the exhibition ‘Ceaseless motion: William Harvey’s experiments in circulation’. In the exhibition film, we explore the life, work and legacy of revolutionary anatomist William Harvey – the physician who revealed the secrets of circulation.

Recreating age-old medicine

As filmmakers, it was interesting to visually recreate the atmosphere in which William Harvey performed his lectures. We used an actor and mainly lit the room with candles – not film lights – to really transport the viewer to the 17th century.