Peripheral circulation in man : a Ciba Foundation symposium / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Jessie S. Freeman ; assisted by Joan Etherington

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019957203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1954
• ISBN: 9780470715185; 0470715189; 9780470714874; 0470714875
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium
• Altri autori (Persone): WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward); FreemanJessie S <1880-1953.> (Jessie Strahorn); EtheringtonJoan
• Disciplina: 612.1
• Soggetti: Peripheral circulation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION IN MAN; PREFACE; CONTENTS; Chairman's Opening Remarks; A critical survev of methods available for the measurement of human peripheral blood flow; Discussion; The venous occlusive technique for measurement of finger blood flow; Discussion; The electrical strain gauge method for measurement of peripheral circulation in man; Discussion; The transparent chamber technique for observation of the peripheral circulation, as studied in mice; Discussion; Differential secretion of noradrenaline and adrenaline from the suprarenal gland; Discussion; The effect of adrenaline and noradrenaline on the blood flow through human skeletal muscleDiscussion; Changes in peripheral circulation with exposure to cold; The response to cold in the range 0-10°C.; Discussion; Factors concerned in the regulation of skin blood flow; Blood flow response to temperature and other factors; Discussion; Observations on the neurohistology of cutaneous blood vessels; Discussion; Reflex control of the cutaneous circulation; Discussion; The problem of vasomotor denervation; Vascular reactivity following ; sympathectomy; Discussion; Some anatomical observations on peripheral ischaemia in manDiscussion; The mechanism of the Raynaud's phenomenon in patients with high serum titres of cold agglutinins; Discussion; Visceral activity and peripheral circulation in the spinal man; Discussion; Some aspects of functional disorders of the circulation; Discussion; Chairman's Closing Remarks; AUTHOR INDEX
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