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The Heart

It pumps five quarts of blood in a minute, 75 gallons in an hour, 70 barrels in a day and 18 million barrels in 70 years. It does this by means of the most intricately woven muscle in the body

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 196 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “The Heart” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 196 No. 5 (), p. 74
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0557-74