Bernstein, Aaron, Naturwissenschaftliche Volksbücher, Bd. 12-16, 1897

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            ziehung wichtig geworden iſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2130" xml:space="preserve">Zu dieſem Zweck öffnet man
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            einem Tier eine Schlagader und bringt die Öffnung mit einem
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            Gummiſchlauch in Verbindung, der in ein Glasrohr führt.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s2131" xml:space="preserve">Dieſes Glasrohr iſt wie ein lateiniſches U gebogen, das heißt,
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            es beſteht aus zwei aufrecht ſtehenden Säulen, die unten mit
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            einander in Verbindung ſtehen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2132" xml:space="preserve">In das Rohr wird Queck-
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            ſilber hineingegoſſen, das vor dem Verſuch in beiden Säulen
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            gleich hoch ſteht. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2133" xml:space="preserve">Bei dem Verſuch wird der Gummiſchlauch,
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            der an einem Ende mit der Ader in Verbindung ſteht, mit dem
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            andern Ende auf die eine Öffnung des Glasrohrs gebracht. </s>
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            Das Blut ſtürzt aus der geöffneten Ader durch den Gummi-
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            ſchlauch in das Glasrohr und drückt auf das Queckſilber, ſo
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            daß es in der andern Säule in die Höhe ſteigt, und je nach
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            der Höhe, die es erreicht, die Kraft des Blutdrucks angiebt. </s>
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            Dies Inſtrument nennt man den Blut-Kraft-Meſſer, und es
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            wird gegenwärtig ſowohl für Unterſuchungen der angegebenen
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            Art, wie beſonders bei Verſuchen über die Wirkung gewiſſer
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            Medikamente benutzt, deren Einfluß auf die Kraſt des Herzens
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            man prüfen will. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2136" xml:space="preserve">Es verſteht ſich von ſelbſt, daß man bei
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            Verſuchen dieſer Art zu Tieren ſeine Zuflucht nimmt.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s2138" xml:space="preserve">Die überraſchende Erſcheinung, die ſich hierbei heraus-
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            ſtellte, iſt die, daß die Druckkraft des Blutes gar nicht von der
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            Größe des Tieres abhängt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2139" xml:space="preserve">Das Blut von Pferden, Ochſen,
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            Kälbern, Hunden, Katzen und Kaninchen zeigt eine ganz gleiche
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            Druckkraft. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2140" xml:space="preserve">Das heißt: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2141" xml:space="preserve">das kleine Herz eines Kaninchens
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            treibt das wenige Blut im Körper dieſes Tieres mit eben
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            ſolcher Kraft herum, wie das große Herz eines Pferdes die
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            Maſſe des Pferdeblutes herumtreibt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2142" xml:space="preserve">Man muß ſich hierbei
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            nicht vorſtellen, daß ein Kaninchenherz ſo ſtark iſt wie ein
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            Pferdeherz; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2143" xml:space="preserve">denn das iſt keineswegs der Fall, und kann auch
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            nicht der Fall ſein. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2144" xml:space="preserve">Ein Kaninchenherz iſt eine kleine Pumpe
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            für eine kleine Blutleitung; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2145" xml:space="preserve">ein Pferdeherz iſt eine große
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            Pumpe für eine große Blutleitung. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2146" xml:space="preserve">Die große Pumpe </s>
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