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intestinalium impr. eorum epitlielii etvasorum lacteorum," c. tab. Berol., 

 1837, 4to. ; J. Floucb, " Recberclies sur la membrane muqueuse intes- 

 tinale, in Mem. de la societc d'histoire natur. de Strasbourg," III. 3, 

 Strasb., 1845; A. Tb. Middeldorpf, " De glandulis Brunnianis," 

 Vratisl. 1846, c. tab. ; E. H. Weber, in " MUlIer's Arcbiv," 1847, p. 

 400 ; and in " Bericbte der Koniglicben Sacbsiscben Gesellscbaft der 

 Wissenscbaften," Heft VII. 18 May, 1847, p. 245; Frericbs (and 

 Frei), Article, " Verdauung, in AVagner's Handw. d. Pbysiologie," Bd. 

 III. p. 738-755; R. 0. Ziegler, " Ueber die solltaren und Peyer'- 

 scben Follikcl," Wiirzburg, 1850, Diss. ; E. Brlicke, 1. " Ueber den 

 Bail und die pbysiologiscbe Bedeutung der Peyer'scben Drlisen, in 

 Denkscbriften der Wiener Akademie," bd. II. 1850, p. 21, witb 1 plate; 

 2. " Das Muskelsystem der Schleimbaut des Magens ;" and 3. " Ueber 

 ein in der Darmschleimbaut aufgefundenes Muskelsystem," in tbe " Be- 

 ricbten der Akademie," 1851 ; Kulliker, " Ueber das Vorkommen von 

 glatten Muskelfasern in Scbleimbauten," in " Zcitscbrift flir wiss. 

 Zoologie," III. 1851, p. 100, und Nachtrag dazu. Heft II. ; F. Ernst, 

 " Ueber die Anordnung der Blutgef iisse in den Darmbiiuten," Zuricb, 

 1851, Diss. c. tab. 



[Brllcb, "Beitriige zur Anatomie und Pbysiologie des Dlinndarm- 

 Schleimbaut," Siebold and Kiilliker's " Zeitscbrift," 1853; also tbree 

 most important papers by Briicke, " Ueber die Aufsaugung des Cby- 

 lus," Sitzungsbericbte d. Wiener Akad. Dec. 1852 ; " Ueber den Urs- 

 prung und den Verlauf der Cb^dusgefasse," ibid. January, 1853, and 

 " Ueber die Chylusgefasse und die Fortbewegung des Cbylus," ibid., 

 March, 1853, which have come into our hands too late for further re- 

 ference- =^' — Trs.] 



OF THE LIVER. 



§ 158. The liver, a large gland, is at once distinguished from those 

 •compound glands, such as the salivary, which have hitherto been de- 

 scribed, by the intimate connection of its larger subdivisions and by the 

 very peculiar structure of its secreting parenchyma, which elaborates 

 the bile. The component parts are, the secreting parenchyma, consist- 

 ing of the lobules or islets of the liver and of the networks of hepatic 

 •cells ; the hiliary passages which are formed in this, and the efferent 

 hiliary ducts ; very numerous bloodvessels ; a considerable number of 

 lymphatics and nerves ; and finally, a peritoneal investment. 



§ 159. Secreting parenchyma, hepatic lobes and hepatic substance. — 

 If the surface or a section of the liver be regarded, it generally exhi- 

 bits a mottled appearance, which is usually of such a kind, that small, 



* [See note, p. 51G.— DaC] 



