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THE HOUSE I LIVE IN. 



else, inside of the body, except in the intestines 

 or the bladder, you may be pretty sure it is 

 formed from the blood. 



You will perhaps ask how it is formed. 

 Sometimes it is by means of glands, larger or 

 smaller; sometimes without them. A gland is 

 a soft body, full of vessels arteries, veins and 

 absorbents. These vessels seem so numerous 

 that one might be led to think the gland was 

 wholly made up of them. Here is a picture 

 of the vessels of the kidneys, as they would 

 appear if a slice of this organ were carefully 

 viewed, after the blood had been wiped away. 



