Arterial structure and arterial function / by G. A. Gibson.
- Gibson George Alexander, 1854-1913.
- Date:
- 1908
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Arterial structure and arterial function / by G. A. Gibson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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!['This is certainly one of the most interesting of the works which ':have recently appeared dealing with the circulation, the more so |]because on many points we find ourselves in opposition to its < conclusions. For many years the author has devoted a great ideal of time to the study of the vessels, and he has enunciated ’\dews which have, to say the least, led to discussion, from which, iit is to be hoped, truth will eventually arise. In the volume mow before us many of his former observations are brought ■together; the volume, however, is much more than a mere [collection of earlier papers, for it contains a large amount of Irecent investigation. The work deals with the normal structure sand functions of arteries ; with blood pressure and its relation to larterial contraction and heart power; with diseased structure land disordered function of arteries; with the methods of lestimating arterial pressure, and the results obtained by such smodes of investigation. A new schema of the circulation is Ideseribed in elucidation of the author’s views. Much clinical •observation is described in illustration of his opinions, and •such subjects as angina pectoris, cerebral haemorrhage, cerebral thrombosis, and the nervous effects of vascular spasm are fully Healt with With so much compressed into the limits of a volume of 194 pages, it must be obvious that there is abundant food for •reflection in moderate compass. It may be said at once that in so far as concerns the •description of the normal and morbid structure of the arteries we •find ourselves in substantial agreement with the author. The •terminology which has been so often employed in describing •the changes which take place in the vessels has been characterised •not only by striking inexactitude, but also by obvious misconcep- jtion, and the classification of arterial diseases which is adopted by •the author is that which has always seemed to us the most scientific arrangement. As might be expected from the well- l^nown characteristics of the author, the description of tlie ^nerent forms of arterial degeneration is remarkable for its •^nracy, terseness, and lucidity. il n Hypertonus, Sclerosis, and lllood Pressure.” By William Russell, •L'-, F.R.C.P, Edin. Edinburgh : Wm. Green & Sons.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21690765_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
