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Excerpt from The Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1914, Vol. 19 Burden-sanderson (6) confirmed the observation that the heart rate increased during inspiration. He believed that the enlargement of the thorax caused a belated expansion of the veins and the relaxing heart, which favored their filling. He reasoned that the more rapidly the cavities filled, the shorter the period of relaxation, the more vigorous its systole, and hence the higher the pressure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.