heartward

== English == === Etymology === From heart +‎ -ward. === Adverb === heartward (not comparable) Toward the heart. 1860, American Journal of Dental Science (volume 10, page 556) Windows and doors were opened, the patient's mouth and throat cleaned from a very tenacious mucus, […] and peripheral circulation promoted by rubbing of the extremities heartward, the occasional use of ice-water and clapping of the skin. The function of the heart was sustained by these means nearly an hour.