Therapeutics of the circulation : eight lectures delivered in the spring of 1905 in the physiological laboratory of the University of London / by Sir Lauder Brunton.

  • Brunton, T. Lauder (Thomas Lauder), 1844-1916.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Therapeutics of the circulation : eight lectures delivered in the spring of 1905 in the physiological laboratory of the University of London / by Sir Lauder Brunton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    CONTENTS LECTURE I PAGE Introduction—Harvey’s Discovery. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE Circula- tion : The Heart—Sleep of the Heart—The Arteries—Motor and Peristaltic Action of the Arteries—-Capillaries and Veins—Action of Fasciae—Accessory Muscles of Circulation—Flow of Lymph —Arterial Tension or Blood Pressure—Regulation of Blood Pressure—Heart and Blood Pressure — Arteries and Blood Pressure—Influence of the Muscular Area—Influence of the Splanchnic Area—Distension of Liver—Depressor Nerves— Independent Pulsation of Veins—Movements of the Heart- Views of Gaskell — Comparison between the Heart and a Medusa—Experiments of Romanes—Transmission of Stimuli in the Heart—Nervous and Muscular Conduction in the Heart —Experiments of Brunton and Cash—Conduction of Impulses both by Muscle and Nerve—Valves of the Heart . . . i LECTURE II Sounds of the Heart—Double Nature of the Heart—Right Ventricle —Aorta—Arteries and Capillaries—Vaso-motor Nerves—Dilating Nerves—Elongation of Muscle (?)—Rhythmical Contraction of Vessels—Stimulation of Vessels from without—Stimulation of Vessels from within—Effect of Heat and Cold on the Circulation —Effect of Heat and Cold on the Pulmonary Capillaries—Schema of the Circulation—Kymographs—Blood Pressure in Animals—• Blood Pressure in Man—Measurement of the Blood Pressure in Man—-Instruments for Measuring the Blood Pressure in Man : by Pressure on an Artery ; by Pressure on a Finger or Limb; Sphygmomanometers of Herisson, Waller, Von Basch, Potain, and Oliver—Instruments of Marey, Mosso, Gaertner, and others 39
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