“Only by following out the injunction of our great predecessor [William Harvey] to search out and study the secrets of Nature by way of experiment, can we hope to attain to a comprehension of 'the wisdom of the body and the understanding of the heart,' and thereby to the mastery of disease and pain, which will enable us to relieve the burden of mankind.” WayHeartBodyPainScienceUnderstandingNatureSecretStudyMankindDiseaseFollowingBurdenExperimentsMasteryComprehensionPredecessorsHarvey Author:Ernest Starling
“The law of the heart is thus the same as the law of muscular tissue generally, that the energy of contraction, however measured, is a function of the length of the muscle fibre.” HeartLawScienceEnergyFunctionMusclesLengthTissuesContractions Book:Starling on the Heart: Facsimile Reprints, Including the Linacre Lecture on the Law of the Heart Source: Starling on the Heart: Facsimile Reprints, Including the Linacre Lecture on the Law of the Heart
