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arteries is apt to engender. Arteries be- 

 come minute in proportion as they send 

 off branches, whilst on the contrary, the 

 branches of nerves are often larger than 

 the trunk from vvhich they proceeded. 

 It is no imfrequent occurrence for mal- 

 formed children to be born without a 

 brain, yet with a perfect nervous system. 

 The most rational idea, therefore, we can 

 entertain on the present subject, is, that 

 the nerves are formed in the parts where 

 we find them, and that they are con- 

 nected to those parts of the organs front 

 which we are accustomed to say they 

 proceed. Nerves are vascular, and wi 

 can inject them with subtile injections. 



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: The nerves, then, proceeding from, or 

 being connected with the brain, medulla 

 spinalis, and visceral nerve, may be traced, 

 ramifying throughout the body in the 

 manner already mentioned, till they amve 



