Download or read book The Conduction System of the Mammalian Heart written by Sunao Tawara and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The translators' note makes clear the contribution of Tawara (1873-1952) to clinical medicine by his systematic investigation of normal and pathological hearts in mammalian species, though controversies continue over the precise anatomic substrates for atrioventricular conduction and its abnormalities. Includes a facsimile cover of the original German monograph (Das Reizleitungssystem des Saugetierherzens, Gustav Fischer); Aschoff's foreword to the 1906 edition; photos of Tawara and Aschoff; and five tinted plates with transparent overlays of human, dog, sheep, and bovine hearts. Distributed by World Scientific. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR