Essays physiological and practical, on the nature and circulation of the blood. And the effects and uses of blood-letting / By Hugh Smith.

  • Hugh Smith
Date:
1761
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Credit: Essays physiological and practical, on the nature and circulation of the blood. And the effects and uses of blood-letting / By Hugh Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NATURE, PROPERTIES, and CIRCULATION O F T H E BLOOD. §. x.fT^HE fluid which is con- ■ tained in the vibrating arte¬ ries, and in the veins which correfpond and communicate with them, is called by the general name of blood; which, when fir ft drawn from the body, appears to be an homogeneous liquid, but when no longer in motion through the veflels, and permitted to reft in the common temperature of the air, will gra¬ il dually
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