 | 1872 - 862 pages
...showed a more rapid contraction of the venticles, but less power, than in the alcoholic peri- ' od. The brandy acted, in fact, on a heart whose nutrition...heart under this extreme excitement. Little wonder it is that, after the labour imposed upon it by six ounces of alcohol, the heart should flag ; still... | |
 | Leonard W. Sedgwick,Edited By - 1870 - 358 pages
...use of three ordinary alcoholic drinks—sound light ale, sound light sherry, and sound brandy the " Admitting that each beat of the heart was as strong...heart whose nutrition had not been perfectly restored. " The peripheral circulation was accelerated and the vessels were enlarged; and the effect was so marked... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1870 - 656 pages
...; and, perhaps in consequence of this, when the brandy quickened the heart again, the tracings show a more rapid contraction of the ventricles, but less...heart whose nutrition had not been perfectly restored. The peripheral circulation was accelerated and the vessels were enlarged ; and the effect was so marked... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1870 - 688 pages
...as would be inferred from the number of beats ; for each contraction was sooner over. tracings show a more rapid contraction of the ventricles, but less...heart whose nutrition had not been perfectly restored. The peripheral circulation was accelerated and the vessels were enlarged ; and the effect was so marked... | |
 | Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson - 1871 - 238 pages
...lifted as far. " The period of rest for the heart was shortened, though perhaps not to such an ex'ent as would be inferred from the number of beats ; for...heart whose nutrition had not been perfectly restored. " The peripheral circulation was accelerated and the vessels were enlarged ; and the effect was so... | |
 | Benjamin Ward Richardson - 1871 - 156 pages
...app»rently at the time when the last traces of alcohol were eliminated, showed in the ephygmographic tracings signs of unusual feebleness ; and perhaps...heart whose nutrition had not been perfectly restored. " The peripheral circulation was accelerated and the vessels were enlarged ; and the effect was so... | |
 | Frederic Richard Lees - 1871 - 296 pages
...and, perhaps, in consequence of this, when the brandy quickened the heart again, the tracings show a more rapid contraction of the ventricles, but less...heart whose nutrition had not been perfectly restored. The peripheral circulation was accelerated, and the vessels were enlarged ; and the effect was so marked... | |
 | 1872 - 806 pages
...mean daily excess of beats during the alcoholic days was 14,492, or an increase of rather more than 13 per cent. The first day of alcohol gave an excess...extreme excitement. Little wonder is it that, after the labor imposed upon it by six ounces of alcohol, the heart should flag ; still less wonder that the... | |
 | 1872 - 798 pages
...mean daily excess of beats during the alcoholic days was 14,492, or an increase of rather more than 13 per cent. The first day of alcohol gave an excess...the excessive amount of work performed by the heart Tinder this extreme excitement. Little wonder is it that, after the labor imposed upon it by six ounces... | |
 | Horace Benge Dobell - 1872 - 224 pages
...; and, perhaps in consequence of this, when the brandy quickened the heart again, the tracings show a more rapid contraction of the ventricles, but less....heart whose nutrition had not been perfectly restored. The peripheral circulation was accelerated and the vessels were enlarged ; and the effect was so marked... | |
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The period of rest for the heart was shortened, though, perhaps, not to such an extent as would be inferred from the number of beats ; for each contraction was sooner over. The heart, on the fifth and sixth days after alcohol was left off, and apparently... 
