RJ/TROGRApE ABSORBENTS. SECT. XX IX- 



X& catalogue of difeafes owing to the retrograde moti- 



' ons of lymphatics is ^here omitted s as it will appear 



3% the -fecond 'volume of this work. The following 



is the conclujton to this thejis of Mr. CHARLKS 



DARWIN. - 



THUS have J endeavoured in a concife manner 

 to explain the numerous difeafes, wtich deduce 

 their origin from the inverted motions of the hollow 

 mufcles of our bodies ; and it is probable, that Saint 

 Vitus's dance, arid the ftammering of fpeech, brigi- 

 Bate from a fimilar inverted order of the 'aflbciatcd 

 motions of foirie of the folid mufcles; which, as it 

 is foreign to my ptefent purpofe, I Ihall not here 

 dilcuJs. 



1 beg, illuftrious profejOfors, and ingenious fellow- 

 ilueents, that you will recollect flow difficult a taflt 

 I have attempted, to evince the retrograde motions 

 of the lymphatic veffels, wfren the veffels tlienlfelvei 

 for fo many ages escaped the eyes' and glafles of phi- 

 lofophers : and if you are not yet convinced of thd 

 truth of this theory, hold, I entreat you, yoiir minds 

 in fufpenfe, lill ANATOMY draws her fword witK 

 jhappier omens, cuts afunder the knots which entan- 

 gle PHYSIOLOGY ; amd, like an augur Irifpeding the 

 immolated vi&im, announces to mankind the wifdoiii 

 bf HJEAVEI4. 



