An essay, to investigate the causes of the general mortality by fevers, deduced from the knowledge of the nature of the blood and the circulation / [William Charsley].

  • Charsley, William, 1718-
Date:
1783
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Credit: An essay, to investigate the causes of the general mortality by fevers, deduced from the knowledge of the nature of the blood and the circulation / [William Charsley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    idly. It may be afked, to what end or purpofe has Nature formed the left ventricle of the heart thicker and ftronger than the right ? If it is to prevent a fuffocation the heart is liable to from particular caufes, as has been fuppofed, then it implies a neceflity for fuch formation, to fit it for fuch an exertion of power that will enable it to propel each fucceed- ing column of blood, which, for ' want of fuch force, would choak up its receffes, and induce that fuffoca- tion. '^dly. It may be afked, to what end or purpofe are the arteries framed of a firmer and flronger texture than that of the veins ? or why a£t with more power near the heart than at a farther diftance ? which is proved by the velocity decreafing in proportion to the diftance from that fource, and