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an amount of pressure sufficient to empty and press together the 

 walls of the vessels after death, and therefore during life must 

 have considerable influence upon the fluid they contain. 



FIG. 94. 



Diagram showing the Course of the Main Trunks of the Absorbent System. The lym- 

 phatics of lower extremities, etc., meeting the lacteals of intestines at the receptaculum 

 chyli (R. c.), which opens into the thoracic duct. The superficial vessels are shown in 

 the diagram on the left arm and leg (s ), and the deeper ones on the arm to the right 

 (D.). The glands are here and there shown in groups. The small right duct opens into 

 the veins on the right side. The thoracic duct discharges into the union of the great 

 veins of the left side of the neck (T.). 



