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Show Of tbc particular Distribution (f the Absorbent Vessels 180 in the (It‘furt'tzt Parts of [be Body. proportion to its strength, and great stimulus on the extremities of itcrvcs are less covered immediately almost connected with the brain, and which than any other nerves in the body. Ilallcr does not admit those chylife- by later rous vessels of the stomach, only because they have not been seen " Vcrum alba quidem in ventriculo vasa nuperior industria anatomists. plurimuin non reperit, neque admiserunt viri in vivis animalibus incidcndis Amongst those he mentions Bruncr and Pauli. experti." I have admit- any thing ted the possibility of the appearance, though I havc‘ne‘ver seen way. like it myself; and have endeavoured to account for it in a different Veslingius had before this described lacteals on the stomach, ‘ V asa lactea that in ventriculo," but the anatomists, at that period, called every vessel 181 have seen them run upwards, towards the cardia, and pass into the thoracic duct behind it. A preparation of this kind I had many years ago in \l'intL mill-street. I removed the stomach, with a part ofthe thoracic duct behind it, and put it in spirits. The absorbents were seen running from the small arch into the thoracic duct, which was turgid with the quicksilver it had received from them. Haller appears to have seen these vessels: he says, " Ctim in superiori arcu vcntriculi ct in majori glandulae conglobatae sitnt, in ventriculo etiam vasa lymphatica merito exspectes, in arcu eerie minori vidi quam masima tendentia in ductum thoracicum." The next (1' sion, is that from the middle of the great curvature of the stomach; it is joined by the absorbcnts epiploica media and sinistra of the omcntuin; and, rum resembled lactcals in the transparency of their coats and number of yalves, ning with the artery named gastrica sinistra, pa. es upwards, and to the lcli, I hough towards the great end of the stomach, where it blends with the absorbent; I have not seen chylc in the absorbents of the stomach,* I have often seen of the spleen and pancreas, and goes with them into the thoracic duct. They may be termed gastriea stair/m. The third di\ ision ari es also about the, middle of the great curvature of the stomach, runs with the artery Veslingius says, sometimes, " Iiacteorum temulos vidi." lactcals. the lymph, and very often injected those vessels, not only Ill-[lie human subject, but in a variety of animals; in an elephant, in horses, in asses, in the turtle, and in skate. In the turtle I have pushed the IIIJCCUOH to the internal surface of the stomach, and seen it in vessels Jiust visible to the naked eve. The absorbcnts of the stomach form three principal divisions; one set accompany the branches of the coronary artery and vein, they run from the anterior and posterior surfaces of the stomach towards the small areu, -iltltlllll and I have usually distinguished them by the name of cormmrm Z'Cllfl'loltll. .' They also are double the number of the arteries and veins, and run, like the Iacteals, on their outsides, having an artery and vein between them; they also COHSISI of a deep-seated and superficial set; they run towards tour, live, or Six glands, sometimes situated on the small arch of the stomach it- self, sometimes between it and the little cpiploon of \l'iiislovv. Having eii- tered these glands, they pass out in larger trunks, V\lllClI commonly pass into the same glands, behind the duodenum, which the deep-seated absorb- cuts of the liver enter, and with them pass into the tlioraeic duet, on the right side of the aorta, near the origin of the cmliztc artci' . Sometimes I named gastrica dextra, towards the, pylortis, receives in its way the absorb- ents cpiploica dt‘xtra of the omentum, and, blending also with the deepseatt‘d al‘zsorbents of the liver, behind the duodenum, enters the same glands, and passes with them into the thoracic duct. Haller appears to have SCt'D these only in the quadruped, for he says, " lit ego iu cane \‘asa lyinpliaiim ab omcnto in ventriculutn vcnientia vidi, qua sede eorum craut ii unculi." These may be named gash-tea dud‘ll‘tl, Of the inorganic pores of some anatomists, SuppOaCd to exist in the stuBy those they incan pores mach, I know nothing, and believe as little. penetrating its solid substance, but not belonging to any vessels. " Non lllt‘ poros volumus qui in venas ex ventriculi cavea pateant, sed poros qui per ipsamnaturam solidam partium ventriculi faciant sibi viain." By these pores they endeavoured to explain the quick return, by urine, of mineral waters, when taken into the stomach; the sometimes sudden cure of dropsy of the abdomen, by vomiting or purging. Haller here seems to doubt; and evt-n ‘ In our; instance I saw a white fluid in the lymphatics of the stomach, the woman died . t, : ‘ tliytt. then also tozttaiiittl ofaii Lpoplesv; tlnc lactmls ol _ the intestines furnishes me with arguments against himself, in another part of his work, having first said, that it might be so. " Milii res vidctur hi!1|[)ll(l},\lt‘tltt. 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