TABLE OF CONTENTS 



AN ANATOMICAL DISQUISITION ON THE 

 MOTION OF THE HEART AND BLOOD IN 

 ANIMALS 



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DEDICATION .... ... 3 



INTRODUCTION .... . 9 



CHAP. 



I. THE AUTHOR'S MOTIVES FOR WRITING . . 22 



II. OF THE MOTIONS OF THE HEART, AS SEEN IN 



THE DISSECTION OF LIVING ANIMALS . . 24 



III. OF THE MOTIONS OF ARTERIES, AS SEEN IN 



THE DISSECTION OF LIVING ANIMALS . . 28 



IV. OF THE MOTION OF THE HEART AND ITS 



AURICLES, AS SEEN IN THE BODIES OF 

 LIVING ANIMALS 31 



V. OF THE MOTION, ACTION, AND OFFICE OF 



THE HEART 37 



VI. OF THE COURSE BY WHICH THE BLOOD IS 

 CARRIED FROM THE VENA CAVA INTO THE 

 ARTERIES, OR FROM THE RIGHT INTO THE 

 LEFT VENTRICLE OF THE HEART . . 42 



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