Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus
http://medgadget.com/archives/2005/03/exercitatio_ana.html
The monumental work by William Harvey, published in 1628, that established
the "double circulation" of blood through a systemic and pulmonary circuits,
is available for your peruse in English translation here. Money quote:
First of all, the auricle contracts, and in the course of its contraction
forces the blood (which it contains in ample quantity as the head of the
veins, the store-house and cistern of the blood) into the ventricle, which,
being filled, the heart raises itself straightway, makes all its fibres
tense, contracts the ventricles, and performs a beat, by which beat it
immediately sends the blood supplied to it by the auricle into the arteries.
The right ventricle sends its charge into the lungs by the vessel which is
called vena arteriosa, but which in structure and function, and all other
respects, is an artery. The left ventricle sends its charge into the aorta,
and through this by the arteries to the body at large.
These two motions, one of the ventricles, the other of the auricles, take
place consecutively, but in such a manner that there is a kind of harmony or
rhythm preserved between them, the two concurring in such wise that but one
motion is apparent, especially in the warmer blooded animals, in which the
movements in question are rapid. Nor is this for any other reason than it is
in a piece of machinery, in which, though one wheel gives motion to another,
yet all the wheels seem to move simultaneously; or in that mechanical
contrivance which is adapted to firearms, where, the trigger being touched,
down comes the flint, strikes against the steel, elicits a spark, which
falling among the powder, ignites it, when the flame extends, enters the
barrel, causes the explosion, propels the ball, and the mark is attained -
all of which incidents, by reason of the celerity with which they happen,
seem to take place in the twinkling of an eye.
There you have it: our regular Friday feature "the good old days..." and an
enlightening reading for the upcoming weekend.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great and relaxing weekend everyone!
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