250 OF THE FUNCTION OF THK OMENTUM. 



great probability to the omentum,* viz. that of facili- 

 tating the dilation of the viscera to which it is conti- 

 guous, and of acting as a diverticulum to their blood 

 during their state of vacuity. 



404. If we reflect on the singular structure of the 

 omentum parvum or hepato-gastricum especially, we 

 may be inclined to believe that there is another and 

 principal office attached to it, unknown at present, and 

 discoverable by comparative anatomy. 



* v. Chaussier, Mdmoiret de VAcad. de Dijon. 1784. Semcstr. ii. p. 95^ 



