USE OF BILIARY SECRETION. 9 



blood, such blood being collected from the chylo-poic-tic 

 viscera. 



-. That the hepatic artery carries pure (oxygenated) 

 blood into the liver to supply nourishment to its various 

 structures. 



3. That the hepatic ducts collect the bile and carry 

 it into larger canals, and from thence into the main 



>-oir the gall-bladder ; from thence into the cystic 

 duct, from this into the common duct, and from 

 thence into the intestines, where it enters into the 

 process of chylification. 



4. That the liver participates directly in the genera- 

 tion of the elementary principles of the blood, and that 

 it moreover assists in purifying the blood by excreting 

 carbon and hydrogen, which being subsequently re- 

 absorbed, combine with "/////</<, and thus assist to keep 

 up animal 1; 



That the livi-r is a large manufacturer of sugar; 



Uernard, is burnt off in the 



33 to sustain animal heat ; but according 



'^auveau and 1 I;irl.-y, plays an important part in 



the process of nutrition. This appears to be a far more 



lea than the foinier, as it is a well-known fact, 



\vhile bees have I . er of transforming sugar 



. man and nthrr animals change it into adipose 



ire said to become fat and la/y during 



the s vest, from sucking the f re Babies 



fatten on sugar quicker than anything else ; and for a 



lik.- object I have known molasses and coarse sugar 



n to pi_ 



Lastly. The liver, as we have already observed, secretes 

 bile, which, when blended with the juice from the pan- 



