02 DISEASES CLASS I. 2. 1. 19. 



blood is thrown into it by the absorbent mouths, which take it 

 up from the capillary arteries. 



M. M. Tie the vena saphena below the joint of the knee, and 

 the blood will then circulate by the internal veins; and that 

 stopped in the veins beneath the ligature will be absorbed. 



The piles may be termed varixes, and may be destroyed by 

 excision or ligature. See Haemorrhois. 



