On the necessity for contracting cavities between the venous trunks and the ventricles of the heart
Subtitle: on the use of venous sinuses in the head, on the wonderful provision made for the transition from the foetal to the breathing state, on palpitation, on death, and on life, with reflections on the treatment of animals
By: by John Walker
Publisher: Printed by T. Maccliesh ... for William Mudie; Darton and Harvey
Published: 1799
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Human physiology; Heart; Respiration; Body cavities; Arrhythmia; Animal welfare; Histology
Notes: Written in Latin as a dissertation for a Leyden medical degree, but never printed in the original language. Cf. dedication.  Postscript at end dated 21 Jan. 1800.

ESTC T73258.

Smith, J. Friends' books, 2.854.