The Economy of the Animal Kingdom, Considered Anatomically, Physically, and Philosophically
By Emanuel Swedenborg, late Member of the House of Nobles in the Royal Diet of Sweden; Assessor of the Royal Metallic College of Sweden; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Upsala, and of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Stockholm; Corresponding Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg.
Translated from the Latin by the Rev. Augustus Clissold, M.A.
Paucis natus est. Qui populum aetatis sucae: multa annorum millia, multa populorum supervenient: ad illa respice, etiamsi omnibus tecum viventibus silentium ... [aliqua causa] indixerit: venient, qui sine offensa, sine gratia judicent. (SENECA, Epist. 79.)
Contents of First Volume (Part I.)
Introduction 1
Chapter I. The Composition and Genuine Essence of the Blood. 29
Chapter II. The Arteries and Veins, their Tunics, and the Circulation of the Blood. 116
Chapter III. On the Formation of the Chick in the Egg, and on the Arteries, Veins, and Rudiments of the Heart. 241
Chapter IV. On the Circulation of the Blood in the Foetus; and on the Foramen Ovale and Ductus Arteriosus belonging to the Heart in Embryos and Infants. 316
Chapter V. The Heart of the Turtle. 372
Chapter VI. The peculiar Arteries and Veins of the Heart, and the Coronary Vessels. 387
Chapter VII. The Motion of the Adult Heart. 460
Contents Of Volume Two (Part II.)
Chapter I. On the Motion of the Brain; showing that its Animation is coincident with the Respiration of the Lungs. 653
Chapter II. The Cortical Substance of the Brain specifically. 721
Chapter III. The Human Soul. 860
Index of Authors, List of Unverified Citations, Bibliographical Notices of Authors 1020
Appendix
