The Autonomy of the Circulatory System
Authors: CARLETON B. CHAPMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Medical History1 June 1964The Autonomy of the Circulatory SystemCARLETON B. CHAPMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.CARLETON B. CHAPMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-60-6-1069 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn a previous communication (1) it was noted that some form of cardiac control system must exist in every member of the animal kingdom advanced enough to possess a heart or the analogue of one. These systems come to be more exquisite and impressive the more one studies them. The over-all design of the mammalian circulatory control system has been described in engineering terms by Sarnoff who speaks of "2 input sensitive pumps" under a remarkably efficient "command system." Nearly 30 years ago, Vannevar Bush did somewhat the same thing (2) when he noted that the combined output of American...References1. CHAPMAN CB: On the nature of cardiac control. Ann. Intern. Med. 53: 1272, 1960. LinkGoogle Scholar2. BUSH V: The human power plant. Technology Rev. 34: 1, 1932. Google Scholar3. ANREP GV: On the part played by the suprarenale in the normal vascular reactions of the body. J. Physiol. 45: 307, 1912. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. AUMONT PE: Propositions physiologiques et pathologiques relatives à l'influence du coeur sur le cerveau, Didot Jeune, Paris, 1808. Google Scholar5. SARNOFFBROCKMANGILMORELINDENMITCHELL SJSKJPRJJH: Regulation of ventricular contraction: influence of cardiac sympathetic and vagal nerve stimulation on atrial and ventricular dynamics. Circ. Res. 7: 1108, 1960. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. MAREY EJ: Loi qui préside à la frequence des battements du coeur. Comptes rend. Acad. Sci. 53: 95, 1861. Google Scholar7. MAREY EJ: Physiologie médicale de la circulation du sang, basée sur l'étude graphique des mouvements du coeur et du pouls artériel avec application aux maladies de l'appareil circulatoire. Adrian Delahaye, Paris, 1863. Google Scholar8. WEBER EH: Experimenta quibus probata nervos vagos rotatione machinae galvanomagneticae irritos, motum cordis retardare et adeo intercipere. Omodei's Annali Universali de Medicina (Milan) Series 3, 20: 227, 1845. Google Scholar9. GASKELL WH: On the action of the vagus nerve upon the frog's heart. Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4: 75, 1881. Google Scholar10. GASKELL WH: On the structure, distribution and function of the nerves which innervate the visceral and vascular systems. J. Physiol. 7: 1, 1886. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. BAINBRIDGE FA: The influence of venous filling upon the rate of the heart. J. Physiol. 50: 65, 1915. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. CZERMAK JN: Die Herzthätigkeit unter dem Einflusse des Vagus. Schmidt's Jarb. d. in. u. ausländ. Med. 143: 273, 1869. Google Scholar13. CONCATO L: Zur Physiologie des Vagus. Schmidt's Jahrb. d. in. u. ausländ. Med. 146: 262, 1870. Google Scholar14. CONCATO L: Verlangsam des Pulses durch Fingerdruck auf die Theilungsstelle der Carotis. Schmidt's Jahrb. d. in. u. ausländ, ges. Med. 158: 247, 1873. Google Scholar15. HERING HE: Der Karotisdruckversuch. München. Med. Wschr. 70: 1287, 1923. Google Scholar16. HERING HE: Die Karotissinusreflexe auf Herz und Gefässe, Theodor Steinkopf, Dresden, 1927. Google Scholar17. HEYMANS C: The control of heart rate consequent to changes in the cephalic blood pressure and in the intracranial pressure. Amer. J. Physiol. 85: 498, 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. KRAMER K: Die afferente Innervation und die Reflexe von Herz und venösen System. Verhandl. d. Deutsch. Gesellsch. f. Kreislaufforsch. 25: 142, 1959. MedlineGoogle Scholar19. HEYMANSNEIL CE: Reflexogenic Areas of the Cardiovascular System, Little, Brown Co., Boston, 1958. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Dallas, TexasFrom the Cardiopulmonary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75235.This work was supported by grant HE 06296 from the United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland.Presented at the Forty-second Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, May 8, 1961, Miami Beach, Florida.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Carleton B. Chapman, M.D., Cardiopulmonary Laboratory, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75235. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 June 1964Volume 60, Issue 6Page: 1069-1072KeywordsHeartMedical services Issue Published: 1 June 1964 PDF DownloadLoading ...