24 THE MODERN HORSE DOCTOR. 



The fallopian tubes, a portion of the female organs of genera- 

 tion, were also discovered in a ewe. Galen demonstrated in 

 Rome, on living animals, the organs of sound and respiration. 

 He also showed on them the effect produced by ligature on the 

 nerves. 



Vesalius proved, by experiments on animals, that it was 

 possible to restore suspended animation by artificial inflation of 

 the lungs. This discovery is one of the most important, and has 

 resulted in as great good to the human family as any like dis- 

 covery made before or since. See the fond and anxious mother 

 bending over the cold and apparently lifeless form of her darling 

 boy, who has just been recovered from the watery element ! 

 Witness her agony as she contemplates what appears to her as 

 a bereavement ; and now, hope — the anchor of her soul — is 

 aroused, as she watches, with a mother's anxiety and love, the 

 efforts made by the medical attendant, who is now repeating the 

 experiments of Vesalius. His labors are rewarded. Nature 

 resumes her empire; and anon signs of returning animation are 

 perceived, and the mother shouts with frantic joy, " He breathes ! 

 He lives ! " 



Are there not thousands of fond parents and anxious friends 

 that have been benefited in a similar manner ? 



Those organs termed the salivary glands, which secrete a por- 

 tion of the fluids necessary for the digestion of food, were first 

 discovered in an ox, by Eustachius, who subsequently discovered 

 in a horse the thoracic duct. 



Dr. Wren made several experiments on living animals, to be 

 assured of the effect of different substances on the blood and solid 

 parts. This truly valuable discovery has been one of great im- 

 portance to the whole world, for it was then made known that, 

 through the medium of the lacteals, (absorbents,) lacteal veins, 

 and thoracic duct, inorganic materials reached the blood, and 

 finally became deposited in the cellular and solid structures. 

 This discovery has enabled us to explain in what manner the 

 elements of nutrimental matter reach their ultimate destination. 

 It further enables us to explain the why and wherefore of the 

 alteration in the color of the -cow's milk when fed on beets or 

 saffron, and also the cause of that offensive taste in pork when 



