Cuss 1. 2. 3. 26. OF IRRITATION. 1 Q3 



burst, or inverted, by pouring a pound or two of crude mercury 

 into the oesophagus? 



26. Lacteorum imrritabilitas. Inirritability of the lacteals is 

 described in Sect. XXVIII. under the name of paralysis of the 

 lacteals; but as the word paralysis has generally been applied to 

 the disobedience of the muscles to the power of volition, the 

 name is here changed to inirritability of the lacteals, as more 

 characteristic of the disease 



27. Lymphaticorum inirritabilitas. The inirritability of the 

 cellular and cutaneous lymphatics is described in Sect. XXIX. 5. 

 1. and in Class I. 2. 3. 16. The inirritability of the cutaneous 

 lymphatics generally accompanies anasarca, and is the cause of 

 the great thirst in that malady. At the same time, the cellular 

 lymphatics act with greater energy, owing to the greater de- 

 rivation of sensorial power to them, in consequence of the less 

 expenditure of it by the cutaneous ones; and hence they absorb 

 the fat, and mucus, and also the thinner parts of the urine. 

 Whence the great emaciation of the body, the muddy sediment, 

 and the small quantity of water in this kind of dropsy. 



