360 RETROGRADE ABSORBENTS. SECT. XXIX. 4, 



Some bibulous paper, moiftened in the ferum of 

 this blood, and fuffered to dry, (hewed no figns of 

 nitre by its manner of burning. But fome of the 

 fame paper* moiftened in the urine, and dried, ori 

 being ignited, evidently fliewcd the prefence of 

 nitre. This blood and the urine flood fome days 

 cxpofed to the fun in the open air, till they were 

 evaporated to about a fourth of their original quan- 

 tity, and be^an to (link : the paper which was then 

 moiftened with the concentrated urine, mewed the 

 prefence of much nitre by its manner of burning ; 

 whilft that moiftened with the blood (hewed no fuch 

 appearance at all. 



Hence it appears, that certain fluids at the begin- 

 ning of intoxication, firid another paflage to the 

 bladder befides the long courfe of the arterial cir- 

 culation; and as the inteftinal abforbents are joined 

 with the urinary lymphatics by frequent anaftomo- 

 fes, as Hewfon has demonftfated ; and as there is 

 no other road, we may juftly conclude, that thefe 

 fluids pafs into the bladder by the urinary branch 

 of the lymphatics, which has its motions inverted 

 during the difeafed ftate of the animal. 



A gentleman, who had been fome weeks affected 

 with jaundice, arid whofe Urine was in cohfequence 

 of a very deep yellow^ took fome cold fmall punch, 

 in which was dilfolved about a dram of nitre ; he 

 then took repeated draughts of the punch, and 

 kept himfelf in a cool room, till on the approach 

 of flight intoxication he made a large quantity of 

 water ; this water had a flight yellow tinge, as 

 might be expected from a fmall admixture of bile 

 fecreted from the kidneys 5 but if the whole of it 

 had pafled through the languiferous veflels, which 

 were now replete with bile (his whole (kin being as 

 yelfow as gold) would not this urine alfo, as well as 

 that he had made for weeks before, have been of a 

 deep yellow ? Paper dipped in this watef, ahdi 



dryedj 



