232 Index 



Heart (continued) 



compared figuratively to the sun, 57 



amount of blood ejected at each beat of the, 59 



of a live snake, observations on, 65 



influenced by emotions, 87 



curious case of distended heart under emotion, 156 



coronary vessels of, 88 



only organ containing blood for general use, 88 



structure of the, in different classes of animals confirms the 

 circulation, 97 



papillary muscles and chordae tendinese of, 99 



arrangement and use of the valves of the, 100 



the heart a muscle and acts as such, so called by Hippo- 

 crates, 104 



development of the, in the foetus, 104 



arrangement of the fibres of, 105 



the first part which exists, 105 



high importance of the, in the bodily economy, 105 



distension of, after hanging, 154 



Sir Robert Darcy's case of ruptured, 155 



receives heat from the blood, 167 



innate heat of, suggested as cause of the pulse, 168 



of the fish, observations of motions of the, 169 

 Hippocrates 



entitled the heart a muscle, 104 



his doctrine as to the constitution of the body, 142 

 Hobbcs 



on the reception of Harvey's discovery, xvii 

 Hofmann, Caspar 



letter of Harvey to, 175 

 Horst,J. D. 



letters of Harvey to, 195, 197 

 Huxley, Prof. T. H. 



on Harvey's treatise on Generation, xxi 



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Jugular -vein 



Experiment of dividing the, in the fallow deer, to show course 

 of the contained blood, 153 



