ARTERY

Jack's Reference Book for Home and Office : An Encyclopaedia of General Information: Medical Dictionary · 1909 · p. 1

is a blood-ve el that carries blood from tho heart. It is only in arteries that the pulse can be felt. The name is duc to a former belief that they carried air. This error arose from the fact that after death the art erics are found empty. And this is due to the fact that they empty themselves by their own elasticity into the veins. [s. 333]