Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c20.s4.5

c20.s4.5

The Harveyan Circulation was thus not anticipated by the Hindus. The Hindu conception of the vascular system is given below:
(1) There are two classes of blood-conductors (i) *shira* or artery (?) and (ii) *dhamanee* or vein (?),
(2) The heart is connected with the liver by both,
(3) The *dhamanees* bring the impure blood (venous) from the heart into the liver, and the *shiras* conduct the pure (arterial) blood from the liver into the heart.