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GLANDULAR SYSTEM. 



and direct the pathology of glands. Sensible organic con- 

 tractility is wanting. 



Q. How is glandular secretion executed? 



*#. The blood contains the materials for secretion; the 

 organic sensibility of the gland elects from the blood the 

 appropriate elements, and the insensible organic contrac- 

 tility admits or rejects the fit or unfit elements. 



Q. On what principle and power do secretion, exhala- 

 tion, and nutrition depend? 



*#. On the power that organic sensibility exercises in 

 the gland, to select the materials for secretion; in the 

 serous membranes for exhalation; and in all the organs 

 for nutrition. 



Q. On what does increased or diminished secretion 

 depend? 



#. On an exaltation or depression of the predominant 

 vital forces of the glands. 



Q. How is it that each gland exercises a peculiar 

 power so as to form its own secretion, as the liver to form 

 bile, the kidneys urine, &c.? 



*ft. The power depends on a modification of the organic 

 sensibility in each organ. 



Q. Are the glands easily affected by impressions from 

 other parts? 



t#. These foreign impressions constitute the passive 

 sympathies of the glands. They are numerous, and they 

 appear in health and in the course of disease. 



Q. Designate the normal passive sympathies of the 

 glands? 



t/?. The effect of aliments on the salivary glands, the 

 irritation of the pituitary membrane producing tears; the 



