A register of experiments anatomical, physiological, & pathological, performed on living animals / by James Turner.

  • Turner, James.
Date:
1839
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Credit: A register of experiments anatomical, physiological, & pathological, performed on living animals / by James Turner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    the chymist, in conjunction with the most dexter- ous, patient, and industrious anatomists, aided by the microscopic field ; and when all these lights have been brought to bear, we may, perhaps, be reluctantly driven back to the reconsideration of the theory of the ancients. Startled by the result of my first experiment, I began to ask myself whether, like hundreds of others now silent in their graves, who had indulged in ])rying into Nature’s secrets, I had added an- other deluded mortal to that number, yet eagerly clinging to the vain hope that I had struck into a new track towards the develoy)ment of some great physiological truth. I reasoned with myself thus :—If I have stolen a march, and approached somewhat nearer a great secret, that which I have obtained from a living carotid was procured under circumstances of great outrage to the organization of the parts concerned, and to the vascular system generally, how can I or any other human being tell but tlie mere cir- cumstance of exposing the external surface of so large and important a vessel to the impression