
a leaflet” I have been unable to confirm this observation. I cannot therefore admit that the author has established the existence of these channels upon clear and satisfactory evidence. The author says “The bloodvessels which are actually distributed to the tissue of the pleura are exclusively derived from the pulmonary system of bloodvessels” P.1. “The bloodvessels derived from the pulmonary arteries and veins which ramify in the pleura are almost entirely distributed around the walls of these longitudinal channels” P3 Other observers have described and figured small branches of the pulmonary artery passing to the surface of the lung, and ramifying beneath the pleura, but these are stated to anastomose with bronchial vessels on the pulmonary pleura. In his paper the author simply states his
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- Author
- James Newton Heale
- Reference
- RR/4/123
- Series
- RR
- Date
- 1860
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Referee report by W. S. Savory on 'Physiological Anatomy of the Lungs' by J. N. Heale, 1860. From The Royal Society, RR/4/123
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