26 LACTEAL FLUID IN THE MESENTERY OF THE: MOUSE 
in the solid form, it would have been detected with the utmost facility within 
the lacteals. It might be supposed that the colouring matter had acted as 
a poison, and paralysed the function of absorption ; but there was no appear- 
ance of this, the chyle flowing just as rapidly as when the mice were fed with 
simple bread and milk. The facts, though not perhaps absolutely conclusive, 
seemed to throw great doubt on the possibility of absorption of solid matter by 
the lacteals. 
