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SECTION V. I. -^MPH AND CHYLE - - - 57 



Lymph .... - - 57 



Chyle ... - 58 



SECTION VI. FUNCTIONS OF BLOOD AND LYMPH - 59 



Phagocytosis - - - - - - -59 



Diapedesis - - - - - 61 



CHAPTER III. 

 THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD AND LYMPH. 



SECTION I. PRELIMINARY ANATOMICAL AND PHYSICAL DATA - 80 



Physiological anatomy of the vascular system - 81 



Flow of a liquid through tubes - 83 



SECTION II. THE BEAT OF THE HEART IN ITS PHYSICAL OR 



MECHANICAL RELATIONS - - 85 



Events in the cardiac cycle - - - - - 85 



The sounds of the heart - 88 



The cardiac impulse - - - 90 



Endocardiac pressure - - - 92 



The ventricular pressure-curve - - - 94 



The auricular and venous pressure-curve - - 98 



SECTION III. PHYSICAL OR MECHANICAL PHENOMENA OF THE 



CIRCULATION IN THE BLOODVESSELS - - 101 



The arterial pulse - - - 101 



Arterial blood -pressure - - 109 



Measurement of the blood -pressure in man - - 113 



Velocity of the blood - - - - 117 



Measurement of velocity of blood - - - 120 



The volume-pulse - 127 



The circulation in the capillaries - - 129 



The circulation in the veins - - - 132 



The circulation-time - - - 135 



Work and output of heart - - - 139 



SECTION IV. THE HEART-BEAT IN ITS PHYSIOLOGICAL RELA- 

 TIONS - - . - - 140 

 Intrinsic nerves of the heart - - 141 

 Cause of the heart-beat - 141 

 Conduction and co-ordination in heart 146 

 Auriculo- ventricular bundle - - - 147 

 Fibrillary contractions - - 151 

 Chemical conditions of heart-beat - - 152 

 Resuscitation of the heart - 153 

 Refractory period of heart - - 155 



