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...load of blood forward toward his head. "For the same reason that a discharged gun kicks one in the shoulder," said Dr. Starr, "the recoil throws the body feet-ward." An instant later, when the blood strikes the aortic arch (curve in large heart artery), "[the blood's] headward movement is arrested, creating an impact which throws the body and the table headward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Heart Recoil | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

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