224 Index 



Arteries 



ancient views regarding the, ix 



contain blood only, 12 



contain same blood as the veins, 12 



Galen's experiment on, 12 



filled like bladders, not like bellows, 13 



dilation of, due to impulse of blood, 14 



diastole of, corresponds to systole of heart, 29 



called veins, by Galen, 30, and the ancients, 57 



why empty after death, 62, 140 



coronary, supply the heart itself, 88 



reason for greater thickness of coats of, 106 



nearer to heart, more they differ from veins, 106 



contained only aerial spirits, according to Erasistratus, 140 

 Artery 



ligature of an, of a snake, 66 



experiment of dividing an, 129, 146 



experiment on an exposed uncut, 136 



case of ossification of portion of an, 137 

 Arundel) Earl of 



Harvey accompanied the, on an embassy to the Emperor, 



xxii 

 Aselli 



discovered the lacteals, 117, 186 



lacteal vessels of, referred to by Harvey, 197 



Bcier, Von 



Harvey, a precursor of, xxi 

 Bandages 



on the arm to show flow of blood in the veins, 81 et seq. 

 Banhin, Caspar 



his observations on the heart, 31 

 Bib Hog raphy 



''*a ' / s 



of Harvey's works, xxiv 



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Bird 



observations on the beat of the heart of a, 33 

 observations on the heart of the chick, 34, 36 



