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Ji. They absorb the moisture of the atmosphere, as may 

 be seen in dissecting rooms in moist weather. 



Q. How is this texture classed? 



*#. Among the white organs yielding much gelatine. 



Q. What are the effects of air, putrefaction, maceration, 

 and ebullition, on this texture? 



/#. It is altered more slowly by exposure to these, than 

 any of the white organs. It putrefies less readily; by long 

 boiling it melts. 



Q. Is it easily changed by the digestive processes? 



/#. It is not; compared with many other textures it is 

 indigestible. 



Q. What are the parts common to the organization of 

 the cellular texture? 



*ft. Blood-vessels, exhalents, absorbents, and nerves. 



Q. Which vessels are most numerous? 



A. The exhalents, and by their extensive function, they 

 render this texture the seat of frequent and various dis- 

 orders. 



Q. What evidences the existence of absorbents in this 

 texture? 



*ft. The removal of fat and serum, the absorption of 

 dropsical serum, and of ecchymosis; the removal of mild 

 injected fluids; the disappearance of emphysema, and the 

 drying up of ulcers. 



Q. Are the absorbents numerous in proportion to the 

 quantity of cellular texture in a part ? 



A. Yes ; in the brain, where there is little of this tex- 

 ture, you find few absorbents, perhaps none. 



