A mechanical essay upon the heart, in three anatomical lectures. Wherein I. The heart is demonstrated to be a compleat epitome of myology ... II. The origin and nature of the blood ... III. The praeternatural state of that fluid / By William Wood.

  • Wood, William, 1688-
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1729
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Credit: A mechanical essay upon the heart, in three anatomical lectures. Wherein I. The heart is demonstrated to be a compleat epitome of myology ... II. The origin and nature of the blood ... III. The praeternatural state of that fluid / By William Wood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mechanical ESSAY UPON THE HEAR T. '*' • * *• ' 43ti V- * *? . * • In Three Anatomical Lectur e s, ■ WHEREIN I. The Heart is demonftrated to be a compleat Epitome of Myology in general, from a new and particular Illuflration of its compounding Mulcles. II. The Origin and Nature of the Blood, with a very exact Defcription of its Circulation; deduced from the Force and Elafticity of a Fibre; from the Situation and Conftruction of the Veins and Arteries; and from the Hated Principles of Mechanicks. III. The Preternatural State of that Fluid; and how to reftore it, when poffible, to its natural Crajis again. ; 7-. As deliver’d at The Gulstonian Lecture in the Amphitheatre of the Royal College of Phyficians, London; on thel^d, 14th, and 15th Days of October, 1717. By WILLIAM WOOD, M. D. Fellow of the faid College. Illuftrated with Copper-Plates. L O N T> O N: • Printed for Weaver Bickerton, in Devereux*Courf,