Index 233 



K 



King, The. See Charles I. 



L 



Lacteals 



discovered by Aselli, 117, 186 



Harvey refers to the researches of Aselli and Pecquet on 

 the, 1 86 



Harvey discusses the, in a letter to R. Morison, 187, iSS 

 Lamentius, Andreas 



quoted by Harvey, 20, 22 

 Lennox, Duke of 



Harvey accompanied him abroad, xxii 

 Letters 



of Harvey, 173 et seq. 

 Ligature 



of veins near the heart, 65 



assuming circulation, action and use of ligatures readily under- 

 stood, 67, 68 



ofvenacava, 129, 172 



of pulmonary veins, 165 



of vena ports, 171 

 Liver 



absorbed food passes through the, 49 



absorbed chyle passes through the, 92 



in the foetus, 92 



nature of blood brought to, 94 



chyle transferred to, by mesenteric vessels, 118 

 Lungs 



speculation on changes in the blood passing through the. 48 



blood cooled on passing through the, 122, 145 



course of blood through the, shown by an experiment on the 

 body of a man recently hanged, 177 



M 

 Malpighi 



the first to observe the capillaries, xvi 

 Medical Observations 



Harvey refers to his, 157, 158, 171 



