This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

S. O. FREEDLANDER, M.D.; C. H. LENHART, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1922;29(1):12-32.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

The direct observation of the capillary circulation in disease has long been the aim of many workers, interested in a variety of clinical and experimental problems. It is evident that the rest of the cardiovascular system exists only to regulate the blood flow through the capillaries, for here takes place the exchange of gases necessary for internal respiration and the exchange of materials necessary for metabolism. Any attempt to measure cardiovascular function is an indirect attempt to measure the efficiency of the capillary circulation. For example, blood pressure determinations are supposed to give some indication of the peripheral blood flow, but as will be seen later, blood pressure is often a poor index of the state of the capillary circulation. Much work has been done experimentally upon so called capillary poisons, such as arsenic, etc., stimulating a clinical interest in many of the acute intoxications, especially those accompanied by skin . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CLEVELAND

Footnotes
This work was made possible by the clinical facilities offered by the Cleveland City Hospital.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?