XIV CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XXIII PAGE 



THE BLOODFLOW IN THE ARTERIES IDS 



The Pulses, 198; General Characteristics, 198; Eate of Transmission of Pulse 

 Waves, 198; Contour of the Pulse Curves, 200; Velocity Pulse, 200; Palpable 

 Pulse, 202; Analysis of the Curve, 202; The Dicrotic Wave, 203; Causes of 

 Disappearnce of the Pulse in the Veins, 205. 



CHAPTER XXIV 



RATE OF MOVEMENT OF THE B-LOOD IN THE BLOOD VESSELS 200 



Velocity of Flow in a Vessel, 206; Mass Movement of the Blood in a Vas- 

 cular Area, 208; The Visceral Bloodflow in Man, 212; Circulation, 212; Work 

 of the Heart, 213; Circulation Time, 214; Movement of Blood in the Veins, 

 214. 



CHAPTER XXV 



THE OUTPUT OF THE HEART IN RELATION TO THE VENOUS INFLOW, CHANGE OF 



RATE, ETC 21G 



Output of the Heart per Beat, 216; Reserve Power, 218; Effect of Alteration 

 in Rate of Heart Beat on Output of Blood, 218 ; Tone pi the Heart, 220. 



CHAPTER XXVI 



THE CONTROL OF THE CIRCULATION , 221 



Nerve Control, 222; Vagus Control in the Cold-blooded and the Mammalian 

 Heart, 217; Tonic Vagus Action, 226; Afferent Vagus Impluses, 227; Mech- 

 anism of Action of Vagus on the Heart, 229; Termination of the Vagus Fi- 

 bers in the Heart, 230 ; Sympathetic Control, 232. 



CHAPTER XXVII 



THE CONTROL OF THE CIRCULATION (CONT'D) 234 



Nerve Control of the Peripheral Resistance, 234; Detection of Vasomotor Fi- 

 bers in Nerves, 236'; Origin of Vasomotor Nerve Fibers, 237; Vasomotor 

 Nerve Centers, 240; Independent Tonicity of B-lood Vessels, 241. 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



THE CONTROL OF THE CIRCULATION (CONT'D) 242 



Control of the Vasomotor Center, 242 ; Hormone Control, 242 ; Nerve Control, 

 243; Pressor and Depressor Impulses, 243; Reciprocal Inncrvation of Vas- 

 cular Areas, 247; Influence of Gravity on the Circulation, 248; Capillary 

 Circulation, 251. 



CHAPTER XXIX 



PECULIARITIES OF BLOOD SUPPLY IN CERTAIN VISCERA 254 



Circulation of the Brain, 254; Anatomical Peculiarities, 254; Physical Condi- 

 tions of the Intracranial Circulation, 256; Physiological Conditions of the In- 

 tracranial Circulation, 258; Vasomotcr Nerves, 262; Intracranial Pressure, 

 263; Circulation through the Lungs, 264; Circulation Through the Liver, 

 265; The Coronary Circulation, 267. 



CHAPTER XXX 



CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF CERTAIN PHYSIOLOGICAL METHODS 270 



Electrocardiograms, 270; The Ventricular Complex, 273; Interpretation of 

 Electrocardiograms by the Triangle Method, 276. 



