INDEX 



A 



Anastomosis, 63, 127, 172 



how far observed by Harvey, 128 



Harvey states his views on, 179, 180 

 Aneurism 



pulsation ot an, 15 



axillary, its bearing on the pulse, 30 



its effect on the pulse, 135 

 Animals 



importance of dissecting the lower, 42 

 Aorta 



why its walls thicker than those of the pulmonary artery, 107 



case in which portion of, ossified, 137 

 Argent, Dr. 



dedication of treatise on Heart and Blood to, 5 

 Aristotle 



referred to, vii, 27 



on the pulse, 30 



on the chick, 34 



quoted in support of pulsation of heart of embryo, 46 



circular motion of rain suggested by, compared to that of the 

 blood, 56 



on the heart, 93, 97, 105, 166 



his error regarding the mitral valve, 101 



on the study of the lower animals, 137 



on trusting to the senses, 160 

 Arteriotomy 



experiments of, 14, 28, 29, 129, 163 



outflow of blood in, 29 



223 



