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brings back the blood from the left arm, and 

 pours it into the heart ; and into this vein the 

 chyle is poured, and mixed with the blood, 

 with which it immediately descends into the 

 heart, whence it also goes directly to the lungs. 



ABSORBENTS. There is also another set of 

 vessels, found almost all over the human body, 

 which unite, by their tributary streams, to form 

 this mass of liquid which is thus poured into 

 the veins. They are called absorbents. They 

 absorb or suck up any substance not wanted 

 in one place, and carry it back into the blood, 

 to be sent round again, to be used where it is 

 really wanted, or else to be expelled from the 

 body. The liquid which is thus found in these 

 vessels is called lymph. The lymph is of a 

 pale red color, but wholly different from blood. 

 Besides having the general name of absorbents, 

 these vessels are sometimes called lymphatics. 



I have said that the chyle is pearl colored ; 

 but that depends generally on the kind of ma- 

 terial from which it is prepared. If that con- 

 sists partly or wholly of flesh, the chyle is 

 more or less milky in its appearance ; but if 



