Lanterna Rally

Author: Harrington Sainsbury

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9781332233656

Excerpt from The Heart as a Power-Chamber: A Contribution to Cardio-Dynamics The following pages present an endeavour to bring together the facts of anatomy, as they show themselves in the dissecting room and the post-mortem room, along with the observations of physiology, as, in the laboratory, these disclose the living principle, the Archaeus, working within the organs and tissues. In the dissecting room, as in the post-mortem room, we see structure designed to contain and control and give effect to certain forces, and to the manifestations which such forces and structures together generate we apply the term "vital." In the absence of structure force has no direction; it is disembodied, so to speak; it is formless. In the absence of force, structure is incapable of expression; it is powerless; and it is thus that we see the organs and tissues after death, and for this reason that we miss the true significance of structure, which to be interpreted fully must be seen in action. What is to be done to make more profitable our exploration of the lifeless organs and tissues? for to the end of time we shall continue to peer and pry, with scalpel and forceps and microscope, notwithstanding the absence of the vital principle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."