HOW LONG THE HEART MAY STOP BEATING.
When the heart stops death ensues, Lb a matter of fact, through asphyxia- 1 '{ion. The circulation ceases, the- capillaries of the lungs bccoina gorged with jrtagnant blood, while the> Wood in the brain no longer carries awny the waste products and brings the' - oxygenated Buid to restore the tissues. As Abe Wood takes about half a minute to circulate through tie whole system, yit. niav be taken that at the end of tUis period, after the stoppage of the heal"t,l the arteries would be filled by the<hl.st! efforts of the left ventricle, while i he ; reins would be pouring their eontej its into the right auricle. Tn a few secolidn more the nervous centres would cejaM to act, and probably by the end* of f ttw] minute the subject would be practidallyj Jead from suffocation, although} re-flex muscniar action would probabhff.yiWß op the appearance of life seconds longer.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 364, 28 March 1918, Page 4
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156HOW LONG THE HEART MAY STOP BEATING. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 364, 28 March 1918, Page 4
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