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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