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THE BLOOD. 



THE NUMBER OF TISSUES. 



1. The Blood. 



2. Cellular Tissue, comprising 



a. Adipose, 



b. Serous, 



c. Synovial, 



d. Bursas Mucosae. 



3. Vascular 



a. Arterial, 



b. Venous, 



c. Lymphatic. 



4. Nervous 



a. Animal, 



b. Organic Life. 



5. Glandular. 



6. Cutaneous 



a. External or Skin, 



b. Internal or Mucous mem- 



brane. 

 T. Muscular 



a. Animal, 



b. Organic. 



8. Fibrous 



a. Ligament, 



b. Aponeurosis. 



9. Cartilaginous. 



10. Fibro-cartilaginous. 



11. Erectile. 



12. Osseous. 



Anatomists differ as to the number of Tissues Bichat 

 makes 21, Homer 18, Dupuytran and Kicherand 11. 



CHAPTER II. 



THE BLOOD.* 



THE Blood being the fountain for the growth and susten- 

 tation of the whole body the source of supply for the de- 

 velopment and preservation of every part and the ways and 

 tneans for supplying all the waste places of the economy, 



*M. Magendie, in his work on the Blood, says all its constituents have "spe- 

 cial functions" a prominent character of the Tissues and so far may claim 

 consideration in common with the Tissues. But an additional reason for pla- 

 cing it among the Tissues, is first, that it is the source of all the Tissues, 

 furnishing the materials for all the organs, and is also the matrix for the mature 

 cell," and being thus fundamental to the -whole, seems naturally to demand 

 examination first. 



