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THERE is a pronounced tendency for a fluid-filled elastic tube to oscillate when the fluid is caused to flow by a small head of pressure. This may be demonstrated with a model (Fig. 1) which stems from a new theory of the action of the heart, published by me1.
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Malcolm, J. E., Nature, 186, 723 (1960).
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MALCOLM, J. Oscillatory Flow in a Fluid-filled Elastic System. Nature 190, 88–89 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190088b0
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