158 Sir E. Home on the Formation of Fat, &c. 



neighbourhood of the abdomen : when not likely to be wanted, 

 as in old age, it is deposited in the interstices of muscles, 

 to make up in bulk for the wasting of the muscular fibres. 

 There appear to be no direct channels by which any super- 

 abundance of it can be thrown out of the body, so that when 

 the supply exceeds the consumption, its accumulation becomes 

 9 disease, and frequently a very distressing one. 







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