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constriction of the colon, producing accumulations in the first or coecal 

 and the transverse part of it, and consequent inflammation. Clothing 

 should not be fastened upon the hips, but should hang suspended upon 

 the shoulders. (See Ap. N.) 



FIG. 240. 



Fig. 240, cross section of abdomen, to show 10, the ascending colon, 

 bound down by 28, 29, the lining (peritoneum) of the abdomen; and 14, 

 the descending colon, confined by 18, 20, while 12, ileum, is held in place 

 by the portion of the mesentery formed by 23 and 25. The same mem- 

 brane can be followed quite around. 7, kidneys. 



1116. THE USE OF THE COLON is to receive whatever 

 is thrown into it from the ileum, to eliminate waste mat- 

 ter from the Blood, and to serve as a portable reservoir 

 for those substances. 



1117. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LAWS OF HEALTH 



B is to have a regular daily evacuation of the accumulations 

 in the colon. 



The Lacteals. 



1118. THE LACTE ALS are a variety of the lymphatics, 

 commencing in the papillae of the second stomach as club- 

 shaped roots (Fig. 88), and, gradually uniting together 

 at glands in the mesentery (Figs. 93, 104) form at last a 

 small trunk, the thoracic duct, 1, 2, Fig. 241, that extends 

 up into the neck, turns down, and empties into the veins. 



Describe Fig. 240. 1115. How are ? 1116. What is ? HIT. What is ? 

 1118. What are ? 



