Archive image from page 48 of Design for a brain (1954). Design for a brain . designforbrain00ashb Year: 1954 THE ANIMAL AS MACHINE 3/5 The first example is from a physiological experiment. A dog was subjected to a steady loss of blood at the rate of one per cent of its body weight per minute. Recorded are the three variables : (a?) rate of blood-flow through the inferior vena cava, (y) „ » » » » muscles of a leg, (2) „ » ,, » » gut. The changes of the variables with time are shown in Figure 3/5/1. It will be seen that the changes of the variables show a charac- teristic pattern, for the bloo

---

Archive image from page 48 of Design for a brain (1954). Design for a brain . designforbrain00ashb Year: 1954 THE ANIMAL AS MACHINE 3/5 The first example is from a physiological experiment. A dog was subjected to a steady loss of blood at the rate of one per cent of its body weight per minute. Recorded are the three variables : (a?) rate of blood-flow through the inferior vena cava, (y) „ » » » » muscles of a leg, (2) „ » ,, » » gut. The changes of the variables with time are shown in Figure 3/5/1. It will be seen that the changes of the variables show a charac- teristic pattern, for the blood-flow through leg and gut falls more than that through the inferior vena cava, and this difference is characteristic of the body's reaction to haemorrhage. The use

---

Size: 1525px × 1311px
Photo credit: © Actep Burstov / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1950, 1954, archive, ashby_william_ross, book, bookauthor, bookdecade, booksubject, bookyear, central_nervous_system_mathematical_models, drawing, historical, history, illustration, image, neurophysiology, page, picture, print, reference, vintage