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Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

2 by Galen, Galen, Brock, Arthur John, 1878-1947

Chapter 44: Chapter XIV

Chapters

Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION ix
Chapter 3 BOOK III 221
Chapter 4 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 5 Chapter I
Chapter 6 Chapter II
Chapter 7 Chapter III
Chapter 8 Chapter IV
Chapter 9 Chapter V
Chapter 10 Chapter VI
Chapter 11 Chapter VII
Chapter 12 Chapter VIII
Chapter 13 Chapter IX
Chapter 14 Chapter X
Chapter 15 Chapter XI
Chapter 16 Chapter XII
Chapter 17 Chapter XIII
Chapter 18 Chapter XIV
Chapter 19 Chapter XV
Chapter 20 Chapter XVI
Chapter 21 Chapter XVII
Chapter 22 Chapter I
Chapter 23 Chapter II
Chapter 24 Chapter III
Chapter 25 Chapter IV
Chapter 26 Chapter V
Chapter 27 Chapter VI
Chapter 28 Chapter VII
Chapter 29 Chapter VIII
Chapter 30 Chapter IX
Chapter 31 Chapter I
Chapter 32 Chapter II
Chapter 33 Chapter III
Chapter 34 Chapter IV
Chapter 35 Chapter V
Chapter 36 Chapter VI
Chapter 37 Chapter VII
Chapter 38 Chapter VIII
Chapter 39 Chapter IX
Chapter 40 Chapter X
Chapter 41 Chapter XI
Chapter 42 Chapter XII
Chapter 43 Chapter XIII
Chapter 44 Chapter XIV
Chapter 45 Chapter XV
Chapter 46 BOOK I
Chapter 47 introduction had been given to the practical parts of our teaching.
Chapter 48 Introduction, p. xxvii.
Chapter 49 Introduction, p. xxix.
Chapter 50 BOOK II
Chapter 51 BOOK II
Chapter 52 Introduction, p. xxxiv.
Chapter 53 Introduction, pp. xii. and xxxi.
Chapter 54 BOOK III
Chapter 55 BOOK III
Chapter 56 Introduction, pp. xxii.-xxiii.

Chapter 44: Chapter XIV

The superficial arteries, when they dilate, draw in air from the atmosphere, and the deeper ones a fine, vaporous blood from the veins and heart. Lighter matter such as air will always be drawn in preference to heavier; this is why the arteries in the food-canal draw in practically none of the nutrient matter contained in it.

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