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GENERAL INDEX. 



Lymphatic glands, (continued.) 



envelope of the red corpuscles of the 

 blood formed in the lymphatics 

 emerging from, 275, 277. 



lymph-corpuscles formed in, the office 

 of the glands being to form the 

 corpuscles, 277-8, 286, 289. 



same office performed in amphibia by 

 a network of lymphatic vessels, so 

 that the corpuscles may be formed 

 independently of the glands, which 

 are appendages to the lymphatic 

 vessels, 278. 



the thymus considered as an auxiliary 

 to, 279. 



thymus compared to, in structure and 

 office, 260, 261, 279, 280. 



corpuscles in the fluid of, not so 

 abundant as in that of the thymus, 

 281. 



concern of, in nutrition, 281. 



appendages to the lymphatic system, 

 289. 



corpuscles in the fluid of, see Cor- 

 puscles, and Measurements. 

 Lymphatic system in birds, publication of 

 HEWSON'S papers on, xxi. 



controversy as to discovery of parts 

 of, xxii. 



our knowledge of it acquired by frag- 

 ments, xxii. 



pathology of, notice of HEWSON'S 

 inquiries concerning, xxxix. 



on the discovery of, in oviparous 

 vertebrata, 91. 



history of discoveries in, 119, 120. 



on the use of, 121, 181-5. 



in birds, fish, and amphibia, 121. 



general account of, 123. 



the valves of, 126. 



particular description of, in the 

 human body, 128-143. 



description of, in birds, 144. 



description of, in the turtle, 147. 



description of, in a haddock, 151-4. 



every part of it by some anatomists 

 supposed to be wanting in oviparous 

 vertebrata, 177. 



pathological observations on, 196. 



its strong claims to attention, 204. 



discovery of, by RUDBECK and BAR- 

 THOLIN, 245. 



the thymus considered as an appen- 

 dage to, 279-80. 



Lymphatic vessels, supposed discovery 

 that they are the exclusive agents 

 of absorption, xxii. 



contents of, in the thymus and spleen, 

 notice of HEWSON'S observations 

 on, xlvi-vii. 



red corpuscles in, xlvii, 276-7. 



Lymphatic vessels, (continued.) 



fluid of, supposed to modify the blood 

 during its evacuation, 44. 



coats of, 124-6. 



subject to inflammation, 126. 



of the foot, 128. 



of the leg and thigh,. 129-31. 



of the groin and genitals, 129. 



of the pelvis, 131. 



enlarged during pregnancy in the 

 womb, 131. 



of the loins, 132. 



of the intestines, 133. 



of the kidney, 133. 



of the stomach, 133-4. 



of the liver, spleen, kidneys, and 

 pancreas, 133-4. 



of the lungs, 135-6. 



of the heart, 136. 



of the head and neck, 138-9. 



experiments to determine whether 

 the brain has them, 139. 



of the back of the neck and shoulder, 

 140. 



of the thyroid gland, 140, 143. 



of the upper extremity, 140-3. 



of birds described, 144. 



in the necks of fowls, 145 ; discovered 

 there by Mr. HUNTER, 102. 



of birds, how tobe demonstrated, 146. 



in the turtle and in fishes, 151. 



description of in a haddock, 151-4. 



properties of the lymph contained in, 

 123, 157-61, 185, 196, 198. 



fluid of, compared to coagulable 

 lymph of the blood, 165. 



functions of, 180. 



fibrin formed in, 235. 



sometimes passby,instead of through, 

 the glands, 137, 203, 248. 



considered as the excretory ducts of 

 the lymphatic glands, 251-2, 276. 



of the thymus, white fluid in, with 

 corpuscles of the same characters 

 as lymph-corpuscles, 258-60 ; ne- 

 cessity of examining this fluid in 

 researches as to the office of the 

 thymus, 259, 281 ; the lymphatics 

 considered as its excretory ducts, 

 260-1 ; fluid of, similar to that in 

 the cells of the thymus, 260 ; on 

 the question of the passage into of 

 the corpuscles of the thymus fluid, 

 280-1 ; carry a fluid like that of 

 the thymus, 281. 



of the spleen, 133, 269-71 ; contents 

 of them, 271 ; and their concern 

 in the formation of the blood- 

 corpuscles, 275-7; red colour of 

 the splenic lymph not constant, 

 276. 



