lui ft! from " The Huuit'hold Physician," by / the publishers, Messrs, tHiickif c j >'", Ltd. 



DIM KIBLTION OF THK MAIN HI.OUD-VKSSKl.S OF THK 111 MAX BODY 



The Arteries are shown in red, the Veins in blue. H, the heart; /, left side, r, right side. Arising from the left 

 ventricle of the heart is the main artery, the dorsal aorta (A). The letter is put at sun. : nm the heart, 



near \vh 1 yives off the branches (in red) for the head and arms (caru' : 



at the point where it arches backwards and downwards to pass through the chest and abdomen . 

 brancht ;itcd running alongside of the arteric :ta runs 



the great vein the inferior vena cava going to the right auricle. At K is repre^c t the kidneys 



and thi ij the pulmonary veins of the lung, the only veins with pure blood in them. 



J. jugular vein, coming <' k. Ch, outlines of the chest. 



