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Literary notes about Cardiac (AI summary)

The term "cardiac" has been employed in literature to reference both anatomical regions and functional aspects of the heart. For instance, early works used it to describe specific anatomical parts, like the chick-embryo's heart region and the configuration of organs, as seen in [1], [2], [3], and [4]. In medical and therapeutic contexts, "cardiac" has also been attached to discussions on treatment modalities—ranging from stimulants and antispasmodics used for conditions of collapse and dyspnea ([5], [6]) to substances recognized as poisons or depressants that affect heart function ([7], [8], [9]). Moreover, its application even spans observations on the cardiac effects of everyday substances like caffeine, as indicated in [10], and extends to taxonomic notes in botanical texts ([11]). This varied usage underscores the word's dual role as an anatomical descriptor and as a marker of physiological effect across different fields and historical periods.
  1. 382 — Transverse section of the cardiac region of the same chick-embryo (behind the preceding).
    — from The Fables of Aesop by Aesop
  2. The structure is then hollowed out, forms a simple tube, detaches from its place of origin, and henceforth lies freely in the cardiac cavity.
    — from The Fables of Aesop by Aesop
  3. The right half separating the right lung from the liver; the left half separating the left lung from the broad cardiac end of the stomach.
    — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
  4. The stomach; M, its cardiac bulge; M*, its pyloric extremity.
    — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
  5. It is a useful temporary cardiac stimulant for children suffering collapse.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  6. Matheson recommends it as an antispasmodic and has employed it also in dyspnœa of cardiac origin.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  7. On several occasions it has yielded me marked results when given by stomach or by enema in cases of nervous and cardiac depression.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  8. It is now recognized as an energetic cardiac poison, comparable with strophanthus, destined to play [ 166 ] an important part in therapeutics.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  9. It arrests the cardiac movements in doses of 25 milligrams.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  10. Schürhoff [267] has pointed out that the continued use of large quantities of caffein will produce cardiac irregularity and sleeplessness.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  11. Nerium odorum (cardiac).
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera

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