The anatomy and diseases of the breast / By Sir Astley Cooper, bart ... To which are added, his various surgical papers, now first published in a collected form.

  • Astley Cooper
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1845
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Credit: The anatomy and diseases of the breast / By Sir Astley Cooper, bart ... To which are added, his various surgical papers, now first published in a collected form. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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    APPENDIX TO EXPERIMENTS ON TYING THE ARTERIES AND NERVES IN THE NECK. The following Experiments are added to those which have been already de- tailed (see Note, p. 179,) for the purpose of showing that the gradual decrease of animal heat, from the time of applying ligatures to the pneumo-gastric nerves, does not invariably occur, but is liable to rare though striking exceptions. THE PNEUMO-GASTRIC NERVES TIED IN THE RABBIT. EXPERIMENT 3. Before the experiment, respiration 88. Animal Heat ] 04. After i an hour .... 56 102^. 2 hours .... 64 93. 4 . . . .... 52 864. 6 . . . .... ceased 80i. EXPERIMEXT 4. Before the experiment, respiration 128. After 52. 2 hours 4 . . . 6 . . . « . . . 48. 52. 60. 52. ceased Animal Heat 104. 102j. 101^. 102^. 104^. 95. 90. EXPERIMENT 5. Before the experiment, respiration 124. After 76. 2 hours 4 . 6 . 8 . 10 . lOA. 80. 52. 60. 56. 48. Animal Heat 104. 102i. ]02|. 102^. 101. 95. ceased . 86.'