Galen : two bibliographical demonstrations in the library of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 9th December, 1891, and 30th March, 1893 / by James Finlayson.

  • James Finlayson
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1895
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    situated directly below the incision—on the right when the right side of the cord has been cut; on the left when it is the other side. —(Kiihn, torn, viii, p. 209. Be locis affectis, iii, 14. Daremberg : Galien, tome ii, p. 579). Further points of interest may be gathered from the follow- ing quotations from Dr. Kidd's paper:— [Eelation of Heart and Arteries.']— In giving an account of an experiment intended to prove that the arteries contain blood, he says, that after having made a ligature on the femoral artery, you will observe the pulsation hetiveen the ligature and the heart, but not between the ligature and the extremities.—(Kiihn, tom. ii, pp. 646 649). In another part of his works he makes the general observation that the heart is evidently the source of pulsation, since, if a ligature be made in any artery, pulsation continues in that part of the artery which is intermediate to the ligature and the heart, but ceases in that part of the artery which is intermediate to the ligature and the extremities.—(Kiihn, tom. iv, p. 683). But how unprepared he was for the discovery of the true circulation of the blood is evident, from his confession that he is totally unable to explain why Nature, which does nothing uselessly or without design, should have made different vessels—namely, arteries and veins—to contain the same fluid.—(Kiihn, tom. iv, p. 722). [Physics of Sucking from the Breast.]— It appears that Galen, although ignorant of the doctrine of atmospherical pressure, was acquainted with some of its practical effects. Thus, he says, if you put one end of an open tube under water and suck out the air with the other end, you will draw up the water into your mouth, and it is thus that infants extract milk from the mother's breast.—(Kiihn, tom. V, p. 708). [Experiments on Ureters.]—'' If, he says, you open the abdomen of a living animal, and make a ligature on the ureters, you will find that no urine passes into the bladder; but after having loosened these ligatures, you will observe the bladder become gradually