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sible. ‘The absorption would be more rapid in proportion 
as the vessels became more numerous, and their size di- 
minished, because the absorbing surfaces would become 
This action of the b knowledged nothing 
can be easier than to comprehend how absorbed substances 
are transported towards the heart, since they ar 
drawn forward by the current which exists in the interior of 
even the smoothest vessels. 
I was so much the more willing to admit this supposition 
as I well remembered that, on Bate an animal by pierc- 
ing its thigh with a Java dart, all the softer parts which sur- 
rounded the wound, to the distance of several lines, turned 
* a ——- yellow colour, and assumed the. bitter s 
the 
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ceripostion which best connects a cannanananae: 
of piceocisens is, at bottom, but a more convenient manner 
of expressing them ; and only assumes the character of a 
theory after being confirmed by direct experiments, suffi- 
ciently varied to leave no room to doubt. 
It therefore became necessary to continue my research- 
es in order to determine at what point, my supposition wens 
become ina’ i call Daan ih meds 0 eh tee eae 
abso su be 
of the causes of absorption, this effect ought to take place as 
well after the death as during the life of “the animal, This 
fact could be easily verified, for the vessels of a certain size ; 
it is true that, taking into consideration their diameter, their 
thickness and their smaller extent of surface compared with 
the capacity of the canal, the experiment should present but 
2 nahin. Semen Spparne ye absorption. Jdigeate 
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and the exterior acidulated liquid. 
