On the necessity for contracting cavities between the venous trunks and the ventricles of the heart : on the use of venous sinuses in the head, on the wonderful provision made for the transition from the foetal to the breathing state, on palpitation, on death, and on life, with reflections on the treatment of animals / by John Walker.

  • Walker, John, 1759-1830
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On the necessity for contracting cavities between the venous trunks and the ventricles of the heart : on the use of venous sinuses in the head, on the wonderful provision made for the transition from the foetal to the breathing state, on palpitation, on death, and on life, with reflections on the treatment of animals / by John Walker. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Edinburgh : Printed by T. Maccliesh ... for William Mudie ; London : Darton and Harvey, 1799.

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3 ll., 34 pages, 2 ll. ; 20 cm (8vo)

References note

ESTC T73258
Smith, J. Friends' books, 2.854

Notes

Written in Latin as a dissertation for a Leyden medical degree, but never printed in the original language. Cf. dedication. Postscript at end dated 21 Jan. 1800
Copy 1 Note: Some leaves cropped at foot. Author's presentation inscription on t.p.

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