Lectures on the blood and on the changes which it undergoes during disease : delivered at the College of France in 1837-8 / by F. Magendie.

  • Magendie, François, 1783-1855.
Date:
1839
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    LECTURE XI. Pressure of the blood in the vessels.—The sphygmometer.—Influence of the respiration on the venous circulation; it diminishes with the distance from the chest.—Modifi- cation of the walls alters the circulation.—Death by entry of air into the heart.— Precautions necessary during the application of ligatures.—Respiratory movements also influence the abdominal viscera.—Mechanism of respiration.—Illustrative expe- riments.—Attempts to determine the proportions of serum and clot.—Action of salt on the blood.—Albuminous nephritis r. 125 LECTURE XII. Reflux movement of the blood in its vessels.—Movement of the blood in the capillaries. —Peculiarities of the capillary circulation.—Appearances and properties of fibrin.— Formation of nebulous and secondary clots.—Vascularity of the clot.—Physiology of the coagulation of the fibrin 136 LECTURE XIII. Capillary circulation.—Ideas respecting the spontaneous movement of the globules refuted.—Proofs that the capillary circulation depends on the heart's motion. Coa- gulation at a low temperature.—Effects of loss of coagulability.—Transfusion of blood.—Action of carbonate of soda . . . • . . • 148 LECTURE XIV. Phenomena of the capillary circulation.—Experiments on frogs.—Coagulation of the blood.—Effects of defibrination.—Delusive theories respecting inflammation.—Action of subcarbonate of soda.—Non-contagious nature of the plague.—Absurdities of quarantine.—Action of acids and alkalies on the blood investigated . . 158 LECTURE XV. Anatomy of the capillary vessels.—Researches of M. Berres.—Experiments on the blood with various medicinal substances.—Action of tartrate on antimony and potass in inflammation.—Injection of oxalic acid into the veins.—Pathological phenomena produced by miasmata.—Division of the nervus vagus . . . . 169 LECTURE XVI. Capillary circulation.—Substances which render the blood fluid.—Action of putrid matter.—Condition of the blood in scurvy.—Huxham's observations on the blood.— Experiments with acids 180 LECTURE XVII. Action of defibrinised blood.—Effects of subcarbonate of soda.—Different degrees of coagulability in the blood of animals.—Action of oil on the blood.—Disease of the neart. Substances which promote the coagulation of the blood.—Substances which oppose its coagulation.—Direct and indirect effects of cream of tartar . 190