The physiology of the circulation in plants, in the lower animals, and in man : being a course of lectures delivered at the Surgeons' Hall to the president, fellows, etc. of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, in the summer of 1872 / by J. Bell Pettigrew.

  • Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908.
Date:
1874
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Credit: The physiology of the circulation in plants, in the lower animals, and in man : being a course of lectures delivered at the Surgeons' Hall to the president, fellows, etc. of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, in the summer of 1872 / by J. Bell Pettigrew. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PACE Structure of the large Arteries and Veins i§7 Structure of the Heart of the Mammal: the Arrangement of the Muscular Fibres in the Auricles and Ventricles 19° Analog}' between the Muscular Arrangements and Movements of the Hollow Viscera (Heart, Stomach, Bladder, Uterus, etc.) and those of the Trunk and Extremities of Vertebrates 201 Structure and Properties of Voluntary and Involuntary Muscles . . . 208 Involuntary Muscle 208 Voluntary Muscle 208 Mixed Muscles •. . . . • • .211 Muscles can act in Two Directions; Sarcous Elements of Muscle; Peculiar Movements of . . . ..211 Muscular Motion as bearing on the Functions performed by the Pleaft, Blood-vessels, Thorax, Extremities, etc 211 How Muscular Fibres open and close the Vessels, the Compartments of the Heart, the Stomach, Bladder, Thorax, Abdomen, etc. . . . .224 Analogy between the Movements of the Thorax, Abdomen, and Heart . 233 The Movements of the Mammalian Heart, interrupted and yet continuous. —How the Heart rests 237 Size of the Cavities of the Heart (Mammal) . . . . ... . 240 Impulse of the Heart (Mammal) 241 THE VALVES OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM. Venous Valves—their Structure, etc 243 The Venous Valves in Action 249 Arterial or Semilunar Valves, their Structure, etc. 251 The Arterial or Semilunar Valves in Action 259 Semilunar and other Valves of the Fish, Reptile, Bird, etc 259 Intricate Structure of the Mitral and Tricuspid Valves in Mammalia; Relations of the Chordae Tendineae to the Valves and to the Musculi Papillares 2(56 The Mitral and Tricuspid Valves of the Mammal in Action . . . .273 The Mechanical and Vital Theories of the Action of the Mitral and Tricuspid Valves considered ........ 2*76 The Sounds of the Heart, to what owing 284 THE GANGLIA AND NERVES OF THE HEART, AND THEIR CONNEXION WITH THE CEREBRO-SPINAL AND SYMPATHETIC SYSTEMS IN MAMMALIA. The Cervical Cardiac Branches 2^g The Thoracic Cardiac Branches 2 g The Superior Cervical Ganglia 2 y The Middle and Inferior Cervical Ganglia ] 2Q_ The Upper Cardiac Nerve The Middle Cardiac Nerve . ' 297 * • * . » 1• . . 2Q7 The Inferior Cardiac Nerve . L 290