GENERAL INDEX. 



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Living tissues, effect of, in retarding the 

 coagulation of the blood, xxxviii, 

 16. See Coagulation. 



animals, coagulation of the blood in, 

 4. See Coagulation. 



principle, blood said to coagulate by 

 its, 21. See Coagulation. 



and dead parts, coagulation of blood 

 confined in, 23. See Coagulation. 

 Lobster, blood-corpuscles of, 233-4. 

 Loins, lymphatics of, 131. 

 LOWER, Dr. RICHARD, on the coagulation 

 of the blood, and on the coagula- 

 tion by heat of serum and lymph, 

 xxvi. See Coagulation, and Heat. 



neglect of his observations on the 

 blood, xxxix. 



on the effect of air on the colour of 

 blood, 7. See Blood. 



his experiment of a ligature on the 

 vena cava and on the jugular veins 

 of a dog, 174, 175. See Dropsy. 



on the fluid in the pericardium, 198. 



LOWER and BOYLE, on milk-bike or chy- 



lous blood or serum, 8 5. SeeSerum. 



Lungs, colour of blood changed in, 10, 71. 



combustion introducing animalheat, 

 88. 



lymphatics of, 135-6. 



on the source of the carbon exhaled 

 from, 235. 



on wounds of the, 291. See Emphy- 

 sema. 



not always w r ounded when air escapes 

 from the chest, 299. 



emphysema from abscess of, 301. 

 Lymph of the lymphatic vessels, LOWER 

 on its coagulation by heat, xxvi. 



corpuscles of, see Corpuscles. 



properties of, 157-61. 



of the different cavities of the body, 

 properties of, 157-61. 



fluid in the lymphatic vessels twenty- 

 four hours after death, and coagu- 

 lating when let out, 161. 



time required for the coagulation of, 

 161 ; and in weak animals, 161. 



not coagulating in frogs kept without 

 food, 161. 



and chyle, course of, 123. 



of the lymphatic vessels, of the blood, 

 and of serous sacs, compared, 161, 

 165, 185. 



how secreted into cavities for their 

 lubrication, 166-7. 



interstitial and of serous sacs, how 

 produced, 170. 



passage of, along the lymphatics, 195. 



coagulated, in the pericardium of 

 bullocks after death, 198. See 

 Fluid. 



Lymph, (continued.} 



of the spleen, red colour of, 271, 272, 



276,289. 



coagulates when exposed, 272. 

 red particles in, 272. 

 Lymphatic ducts of the thymus, 281. 

 Lymphatic hearts, 126. 

 Lymph, coagulable, see Coagulable Lymph, 



Fibrin, andBuffy Coat of the Blood. 

 Lymph-corpuscles, sizes of, see Measure- 

 ments and Corpuscles. 

 Lymphatic or conglobate glands, 127. 

 injected by NUCK, 120. 

 described as made up of a convoluted 



lymphatic vessel, 178. 

 mercury passing from, into veins, 177- 



178. 



wanting in some animals, 127. 

 first publication of HEWSON'S views 



as to, xxiv. 

 notice of HEWSON'S observations on 



the use of, xlvii. 

 of the groin described, 129. 

 sometimes one in the leg, 130. 

 in the ham, 130. 

 in the loins, 132. 

 of the mesentery, 132. 

 bronchial, 135-6, 138; and others 



in the chest, 138. 

 of the stomach, 137. 

 of the omentum, 137. 

 near the pancreas, 137. 

 of the pelvis, 137. 

 of the loins, 137. 

 near the spleen, liver, and kidneys, 



138. 

 the lymphatic vessels often pass by, 



instead of through, 137, 203. 

 of the head and neck, 139. 

 of the axilla and arm, 141. 

 wanting in the turtle and fishes, 154, 



250. 



present in the necks of birds, 154. 

 how affected by absorption of hurtful 



matters, 200-2. 



on the structure of, 178, 245, 247-51. 

 size of, in males and females, and 



at different periods of life, and 



in healthy and diseased persons, 



246, 



why sometimes not inflamed by ab- 

 sorbed poisonous matter, 248. 

 office of, 121, 127, 252. 

 corpuscles in the juice of, have the 



same characters as the corpuscles 



of the thymus fluid, 259. 

 the lymphatic vessels considered as 



the excretory ducts of the glands, 



251-2, 276. 

 secrete a fluid containing corpuscles, 



251-2, 276. 



