Encyclop¿dia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 748
... blood , the pulmonary artery begins again to be diftend- ed , the ftimulus is renewed , and the fame procefs is repeated , and continues to be repeated , in a regular fucceffion during life : for though the muscles of refpi- ration ...
... blood , the pulmonary artery begins again to be diftend- ed , the ftimulus is renewed , and the fame procefs is repeated , and continues to be repeated , in a regular fucceffion during life : for though the muscles of refpi- ration ...
Page 752
... blood to flow from the extremities towards the heart , but oppofe its return . They are most frequent in the fmaller veins . As the column of blood increases , they feem to become less neceffary ; and therefore in the vena cava ...
... blood to flow from the extremities towards the heart , but oppofe its return . They are most frequent in the fmaller veins . As the column of blood increases , they feem to become less neceffary ; and therefore in the vena cava ...
Page 753
... blood is poffeffed of a living principle ; and Mr J. Hunter has lately endeavoured to revive this doctrine ; in fupport of which he has adduced many ingenious arguments . The fubject is a curious one , and deferves to be profecuted as ...
... blood is poffeffed of a living principle ; and Mr J. Hunter has lately endeavoured to revive this doctrine ; in fupport of which he has adduced many ingenious arguments . The fubject is a curious one , and deferves to be profecuted as ...
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affift againſt alfo Algiers almoft alſo America ancient arteries becauſe befides blood body bones British cafe called calyx cartilages caufe cavity chyle colour compofed confequence confiderable confifts courfe defcribed difcovered dura mater equation expreffed faid falt fame fays fecond feems feen fent feparated ferve feven feveral fhips fhould fide figns fimple firft firſt fituation fize fmall fome fometimes foon fpecies fquare ftate ftill ftomach ftone ftrong fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fupply fuppofed furface himſelf increaſed iſland itſelf lacteals laft lefs ligament likewife Lord Cornwallis meaſure membrane moft moſt mufcles muft muſcles muſt neceffary neral nerves obferved occafion offa oppofite paffage pafs perfon pofitive pofterior prefent procefs proportional equation purpoſe quantity raiſed reafon refemblance refolved refpect roots ſmall thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoracic duct thoſe tion troops ufually ulna uſed veffels veins vertebr¿ weft whofe