viii CONTENTS. . 



APPENDIX. 



The Discovery of the Lymphatic System in Birds, Fish, and the Animals 



called Amphibious . . . . . . 91 



Copy of Dr. Alexander Monro's Claim, &c., read hefore the Royal Society, 



January 19, 1769 96 



PART II. 







LYMPHATIC SYSTEM. 



CHAPTER I. 

 A short History of the Discoveries made in the Lymphatic System . 119 



CHAPTER II. 



A general Account of the Lymphatic System . 123 



CHAPTER III. 



A particular Description of the Lymphatic System in the Human Body . 128 



CHAPTER IV. 

 A Description of the Lymphatic System in Birds 144 



CHAPTER V. 



A Description of the Lymphatic System in one of the Animals called Am- 

 phibious, viz. the Turtle ...... 147 



CHAPTER VI. 



The Method of Discovering the Lymphatics in Turtle and in Fish, together 



with a Description of those Vessels in a Haddock . . . 151 



CHAPTER VII. 



On the Properties of the Lymph contained in the Lymphatic Vessels, and 



of that which lubricates the different Cavities of the Body . 157 



