HOW LONG THE HEART MAY STOP BEATING.
When the "heart stops death ensnes, 'as a matter of fart, through asphyxiation. The cireub.'/' ii coaisos. the capillaries of the lungs Iwcrrnip gorged with •stagnant blood, v.HV th» blood in the brain no longer carries away the waste products and brings the oxygenated fluid to r«store the tissues. As tho blood takes about halt' a minute to circulate through the whole system, it may be taken that at the end of this, period, after the storage of the heart, the arterif.s wo'iM ho filled bv the last efforts of the left ventnelo, while tho veins would ! • pouring their contents : :ito the right auricle. In n few seeends more the nervous centres would ecase to act, and prohablv by the end of thj minute the subject would he practically lead from suffocation, although reflex muscular action would probably keep up the appearance of lifo for some seconds longer.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 454, 4 March 1919, Page 3
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155HOW LONG THE HEART MAY STOP BEATING. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 454, 4 March 1919, Page 3
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