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LIST OF PLATES 



Intestinal movement and tone 



Adrenal extract on intestinal movement and tone 

 Adrenal extract on spleen . . . . . . 



Adrenal extract on arterial wall .... 



Revival of beat of the excised heart by coronary perfusion 

 Influence of temperature on beat .... 



Cooling and warming the pace-maker 

 Adrenal extract on excised mammalian heart 

 Chloroform on excised mammalian heart . 

 Inspection of the lungs and beating heart in situ 

 Effect of raising intrapericardial pressure . 

 Further inspection of heart and great vessels in situ . 

 Inspection of the inhibition of the heart by the vagus 

 Inspection of the capillary circulation 

 Measurement of speed of flow of blood in a capillary vessel 

 Graphic of carotid pressure 

 Stimulation of distal vagus on art. pressure 

 Escape of ventricle from vagus, and influence of adrenal extract 

 upon ........ 



Paralysis of cardiac vagus by atropine 



Arterial pressure and faradization of the spinal cord 



Antidrome conduction in the spinal cord 



Adrenal extract on arterial pressure . 



Asphyxia and arterial pressure . 



Amyl nitrite and arterial pressure 



Measurement of venous pressure 



Occlusion of the coronary arteries on heart-beat 



Central end of n. splanchnicus on art. pressure . 



Distal end of n. splanchnicus on art. pressure 



The adrenal gland and the splanchnic reaction . 



Asphyxia on art. pressure after section of both n. splanchnici 



Pituitary extract and arterial pressure 



Splanchnic vasoconstriction in kidney and gut 



Inspection of chyle and lacteals 



Chromaffine reaction of adrenal medulla . 



Time of the lesser circulation . 



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