Editing 1616 in science (section)

==Biology==
* [[William Harvey]] presents his views on the [[circulation of blood]] as [[Lumleian Lecturer]] at the [[Royal College of Physicians|College of Physicians]], but will not publish them for a further dozen years.
* [[Fortunio Liceti]] publishes ''{{lang|la|De Monstruorum Natura}}'' which marks the beginning of studies into malformations of the [[embryo]].
* [[Fabio Colonna]] publishes ''{{lang|la|Ekphrasis altera}}'' in Rome, including two appendices, ''{{lang|la|De Purpura}}'' and ''{{lang|la|De glossopetris dissertatio}}'', where he argues that "tongue stones" are of organic origin, being [[Shark tooth|shark teeth]], ''glossopetrae''.