First lines of physiology / by the celebrated Baron Albrecht Haller ; Translated from the correct Latin edition printed under the inspection of William Cullen. To which is added, a translation of the laborious index composed for that edition.
- Albrecht von Haller
- Date:
- 1779
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: First lines of physiology / by the celebrated Baron Albrecht Haller ; Translated from the correct Latin edition printed under the inspection of William Cullen. To which is added, a translation of the laborious index composed for that edition. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![blood into the left ven¬ tricle. The valvulce mit rales. 113. The courfe of the blood from the right ventricle into the left, or the lef- fer circulation. 114. The left ventricle. 115. That the blood is forced into the aorta by the contraction of the left ventricle. 1 ] 6. The valves of the aorta. 117. The dialtole of the heart. 118. In what manner the mo¬ tions of the auricles and ventricles alternately fol¬ low one another. 119. Why thefe motions for fuch a long time, and fo con- ftantly, follow one ano¬ ther. 120. The queltion anfwered, that this is explained by the ftimulus of the blood driven into irritable ca¬ vities. 121. That nothing elfe is requi¬ red. That the reafon cannot be found either in the com- preflion of the nerves or of the coronary arte¬ ries. 122. That the powers of the heart are not affiited by the ofcillation of the fmalleft veffels. 501 Nor by the power of exter¬ nal heat. Nor by thecontra&ile force of the arteries. 123. The velocity with which the blood Hues from the heart. The weight of the blood incumbent on the heart. The force of the heart. 124. That hence many things are uncertain. That the powers of the heart are notwithftand- ing very ftrong. 125. That the fame is proved by the refinances which the heart overcomes. 126. The entrance of the blood into the coronary arteries. The two coronary arteries. 127. Their termination in the veins. The great coronary vein. 128. The middle vein. The third vein. 1 29. The anterior veins. 130. The middle-fized veins. 131. The lead veins. 132. When the coronary arte¬ ries receive the blood. 133. That the blood returns from the coronary arte¬ ries into the cavities of the heart through the veins. 134. The lymphatic veffels of the heart. L CHAP. VI. The NATURE of the BLOOD and HUMOURS of the HUMAN BODY. j 37. The blood in general. 136. The warmth of the blood. The vapour iffuing from blood when drawn. j 3 7. That the blood coagulates when this vapour is fent out from it. The cruor is the princi¬ pal](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30536182_0497.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
