Contents 



1. The circulation and circulation research in 

 perspective 



CARL J. WIGGERS I 



2. The historical development of 

 cardiovascular physiology 



CHAUNCEY D. LEAKE II 



3. The volume of blood — a critical examina- 

 tion of methods for its measurement 



HAMPDEN C. LAV\'SON 23 



4. Blood volume 



TORGNY SJOSTRAND 5I 



5. Plasma substitutes 



NOBLE O. FOWLER 63 



6. Physical principles of circulatory 

 phenomena; the physical equilibria of the 

 heart and blood vessels 



ALAN C. BURTON 85 



7. Propagation of pulse waves in visco-elastic 

 tubings 



VICTOR HARDUNG I07 



8. The rheology of blood 



L. E. BAYLISS 1 37 



9. Action of electrolytes and drugs on the 

 contractile mechanism of the cardiac 

 muscle ceil 



EDWARD LEONARD 



STEPHEN HAJDU I5I 



10. Physiology of cardiac muscle 



ROBERT E. OLSON I gg 



1 1 . Cellular electrophysiology of the heart 



J. WALTER WOODBURY 237 



12. Excitation of the heart 



ALLEN M. SCHER 287 



13. Electrocardiography 



HANS SCHAEFER 



HANS G. HAAS 323 



14. Physiologic consequences of congenital 

 heart disease 



HIRAM W. MARSHALL 



H. FREDERIC HELMHOLZ, JR. 



E.\RL H. WOOD 417 



15. The control of the function of the heart 



STANLEY J. SARNOFF 



JERE H. MITCHELL 489 



16. Effects of nerve stimulation and hormones 

 on the heart; the role of the heart in general 

 circulatory regulation 



ROBERT F. RUSHMER 533 



I 7. Measurement of the cardiac output 



WILLIAM F. HAMILTON 55 1 



18. Circulation times and the theory of 

 indicator-dilution methods for determining 

 blood flow and volume 



KENNETH L. ZIERLER 585 



19. Mathematical treatment of uptake and 

 release of indicator substances in relation 

 to flow analysis in tissues and organs 



JAMES S. ROBERTSON 6 1 7 



20. The dynamics and consequences of stenosis 

 or insufficiency of the cardiac valves 



LARS WERKO 645 



2 1 . Technical aspects of the study of 

 cardiovascular sound 



VICTOR A. MCKUSICK 



SAMUEL A. TALBOT 



GEORGE N. WEBB 



EDW.ARD J. B.'KTTERSBY 68 I 



22. Phonocardiographv 



D.AVID H. LEWIS 695 



Index 735 



