Clouston, Thomas Smith, Sir, 1840-1915 · New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 52
. 7 d). As showing thegreat importance of the cells, they are found to havefive or six times as many capillaries in every square THE MIND MACHINERY IN THE BRAIN 23 inch as the fibres. This means that they use up thatproportion of the blood. It is perfectly clear from thisalone that the cells are… … Fig. 7.—Shows how a Brain Cell gets itsSupply of Blood from a CapillaryBlood-vessel lying in contact withor very near it. a. Cell. b. Its capillary blood tube. c. Anothercapillary. The brain cells need for theirproper mental working a very large supplyof pure blood. This is how they get it. while…
Mind and body · Mental Health
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