On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in AnimalsBell, 1889 - 147 pages |
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... larger genera- lization . He believed the vena cava to arise from the liver , and to fulfil all the functions of taking nutrient blood to the stomach , black bile to the spleen , nourishment to the intestines , and nutritive matter from ...
... larger genera- lization . He believed the vena cava to arise from the liver , and to fulfil all the functions of taking nutrient blood to the stomach , black bile to the spleen , nourishment to the intestines , and nutritive matter from ...
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... larger quantity of air penetrating when the pulse is large and full ) , it must come to pass , that if you plunge into a bath of water or of oil when the pulse is strong and full , it ought forthwith to become either smaller or much ...
... larger quantity of air penetrating when the pulse is large and full ) , it must come to pass , that if you plunge into a bath of water or of oil when the pulse is strong and full , it ought forthwith to become either smaller or much ...
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... larger animals , and contain all the straight fibres , ( the parietes of the heart containing only circular ones , ) when they contract simultaneously , by an admirable adjust- ment all the internal surfaces are drawn together , as if ...
... larger animals , and contain all the straight fibres , ( the parietes of the heart containing only circular ones , ) when they contract simultaneously , by an admirable adjust- ment all the internal surfaces are drawn together , as if ...
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... larger creatures only , and those that have red blood , but the smaller , and pale - blooded ones also , such as slugs , snails , scallops , shrimps , crabs , crayfish , and many others ; nay , even in wasps , hornets , and flies , I ...
... larger creatures only , and those that have red blood , but the smaller , and pale - blooded ones also , such as slugs , snails , scallops , shrimps , crabs , crayfish , and many others ; nay , even in wasps , hornets , and flies , I ...
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... larger than the opening , extended like an operculum or cover ; this membrane in the adult blocking up the foramen , and adhering on all sides , finally closes it up , and almost obliterates every trace of it . In the foetus , however ...
... larger than the opening , extended like an operculum or cover ; this membrane in the adult blocking up the foramen , and adhering on all sides , finally closes it up , and almost obliterates every trace of it . In the foetus , however ...
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admit anastomosis anatomical anatomists aorta appears Aristotle beat become blood passes body branches cause cavities channels CHAPTER Chronicle chyle circulation colour compressed contained contraction contrary diastole dilated diseases dissection distended Edition embryo English Engravings Erasistratus escape Essay experiment extremities fibres filled finger flow fluid force Frontispiece fuliginous vapours further Galen heart and arteries Heart and Blood heat Hieronymus Fabricius History Illustrations impelled impulse incessantly Index Introduction kind larger learned left auricle left ventricle ligature liver lungs manner Memoir mesentery motion nature Notes Numerous Woodcuts nutrition observed of.-See organ orifice passage perceive perfect Physicians porosities Portrait present propelled Prose pulmonary artery pulmonary veins pulsate pulse quantity of blood reason reflux regurgitation respiration right auricle right ventricle Riolanus sense septum spirits stroke structure swell systole things tion Trans Translated Treatise tricuspid valves truth valves vena cava vessels vols whence whilst whole WILLIAM HARVEY Woodcuts
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