HOW LONG THE HEART MAT STOP BEATING.
When the heart stops death ensues, a~, a matter of fact, through aSpbjrxuu' tiott. The circulation ceases, the capillaries of the lungs Worne gorged with' stagnant 'ilond. while the blood in the hrain no lonrror carries away the waste products and brings the oxygenated fluid to restore the tissues. As the blood takes about half a minute to circulate through the whole system, it may be taken that at the end of this period, after the stoppage of the heart,! the arteries would he filled by the last efforts of the left ve.ntricle, while the' rein'- would he pouring their contents' into tin riiih* auricle. Tn a few seconds'' more the nervous centres would cease' to act, and probably by the end of the minute the subject would be practically' •lend from suffocation, although roflei 1 muscular action would probably keep-' up the appearance of lifo for s-«m*f seconds longer.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 307, 4 September 1917, Page 4
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157HOW LONG THE HEART MAT STOP BEATING. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 307, 4 September 1917, Page 4
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