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haec lymphaticorum ostiola, five in ipfa epider- 

 mide, five in corio haerere putarunt (i). 



Si autem ad reliquum corpus attendamus, vi- 

 demus vafa lymphatica, fere Temper, fi non uni- 

 ce, per telam cellularein esfe disperfa. Conftat 

 materies externe applicatas abforberi , fed immature 

 inde coucluditur , in epidermide orificia patula 

 adesfe nam horum abfentiam ibi egregie demonftrat 

 Eichhorn (a). Nee tamen haec funt deneganda ; 

 ut autem horum functio , abforptio , bene procedat 

 necesfe fluidum tangant vel in receptatula fluU 

 di abforbendi exeant ; hinc orificia non nifi in eel- 

 lulis cutis aut corn fuperficie existere posfunt (3) ; 

 lympha variolofa non afficit nifi scalpello fub Epi* 

 dermidem ponatur. Niii adesfent ostiola quomo* 

 do diverfae materies , fanguis , cruor , pus , mate- 

 ries fabulofa in calculofis , Hydrargyrum in iis in* 

 venirentur (4) ? Cum autem abforptioni indigeant 

 receptaculis 9 ut fluidis fubmerfa fint ostiola 9 hinc 

 Eichhorn in cute in cellulis tantum corii, et 



in 



CO So em me ring, (de Corporis Humani fabrica) V. Traj. 

 ad M. 1800. . 4. p. 390. et . (5. Lenhosifek, (II. p. lotf 

 ct feq.) in areolis corii, Brera, (II. . 248. p. 133) in ft*- 

 perficic corii ; in e:\trcma cutis fuperficie Chausfier et Ade- 

 1 o n , (I. c. p. 596 et 568) , ut B 6 c 1 a r d , (p. 326 et 32?0 A ^ 

 cpidermidem usque ostiola teudere credidit Humboldt, I.. p. 

 155) et Bichat, (II. p. 765772.}. Wilbrand, (II. p. 56) 

 ostiola in tuuicis villofls quafi folvi credit. (2) 1. c. 1817. 

 p. 9398. 109. (3) Ibid. 101104. (4) Cf. ibid. 117113. 



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