In answer to a question on the subject
he says “This can only be demonstrated by means
of a recent injection made expressly for the
purpose. It must be made while the lungs
are in situ, and the point examined into
previous to the lungs being removed”
But surely such a fact as this should be
clearly shewn in a preparation - an examination
of which would leave no doubt upon the subject.
The author says, the very vascular plexus
which ramifies on the surface of the mucous membrane
which lines the bronchial tubes “is wholly and
exclusively in connection with the pulmonary
veins, and receives no anastomosing contribution
from the bronchial arteries.” P21. also P.31.32.
P. 65.66.67.
Again he says - There is no anastomosis or
communication of any kind between the bronchial
and pulmonary vessels. P.53.54.
The author is by means singular in the
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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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