ABSORBENT GLANDS. 



Fig. 183* 



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This elasticity resides in the external coat of the vessels, 

 which is no longer considered muscular, but as a sort of yellow 



* Fig. 183 (from Breschet,) represents the inguinal region of a young in- 

 fant, the prepuce slit open, in order to expose the glans. a, a, Two of the 

 superficial inguinal lymphatic glands, b, b, Efferent lymphatic vessels, filled 

 with mercury, terminating in these glands, c, c, The same lymphatic vessels, 

 laid bare in the groin, to exhibit their course in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. 

 d, d } The same vessels penetrating the tissue of the skin, where, by their rami- 

 fications and anastomoses, they form a dense net-work, e, e, which, properly 

 speaking, constitutes their origin. This net-work is on the exterior face of the 

 cutis vera, and is covered only by the epidermis. /,/, Arterial branches, dis- 

 tended with fine colored injecting matter, in order to render it certain that the 

 vessels filled with mercury, are lymphatic, and not sanguineous vessels. The 

 termination of these vessels in the lymphatic glands, moreover, prove their 

 character, g, g, Prepuce slit open on its upper part, in order to show its in- 

 ternal face, upon which is seen a beautiful net-work of lymphatics in the cuta- 

 neous tissue, which is here modified so as to appear like mucous membrane. 

 h, h, Net-work of lymphatics in the mucous membrane covering the glans 

 penis. The efferent vessels of the two inguinal glands are not seen in this 

 figure, as they arise from the opposite side of the glands, and run deep to get 

 into the cavity of the abdomen, below Poupart's ligament. 



