Index 227 



Circulation of the Blood (continued) 



recapitulation of work on Motion of Heart and Blood, 161 



interference with, followed by dangerous results, 171 



further illustrations of. 176 et seq. 

 Columbus, Realdus 



claimed as discoverer of the Circulation, xi 



referred to in relation to the Pulmonary Circulation, 12, 



16, 50 

 Columnce earner 



of the heart, 99 

 Contagion 



of disease spread, explained by circulation, 90 



nature of, referred to by Harvey, 193 

 Contraction 



the source of all animal motion, 102 



of the fibres of the heart. 105 



of muscles as aid to movement of blood in the veins, 116 

 Conviction 



means of acquiring, of physical truths discussed, 158 

 Coronary 



vessels supply the heart with blood, 88 



circulation, a third, very short, 125 



vein usually has a valve at its orifice, 125 



D 



Darcy, Sir Robert 



case of, illustrating obstruction of the circulation through the 



heart, 155 

 Descartes 



supports Harvey's discovery, xvii 



Harvey makes his acknowledgments to, 169 



his observations of the heart of a fish, 169 



his explanation of the pulse not accepted by Harvey, 170 

 Diastole and Systole 



of arteries as of the heart, 138 



constituting the pulse, 163 

 Dissection 



uses of, 112 



failed to reveal any of the "spirits " of the schoolmen, 141 



