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THE TISSUES. 

 Fig. 373. 



A small lobule, showing the duct branching upon the capsule (pig). The sacculi of the ducts are 

 seen as injected. A branch of the portal vein accompanies the duct. 



hepatic ducts in the transverse fissure, by the intervention of their 

 irregular branches. 



Fig. 374. 



Large sacculi or glands in the coats of the ducts (pig). The largest and most complicated at C, 

 where a smaller branch is coming off from the main trunk, a. Portion of large duct. b. A small 

 branch without glands. Magnified 10 diameters. (Dr. Beetle.) 



Dr. Beale considers these cavities or irregular branches "as little 

 reservoirs in which the bile in the thick-coated ducts is brought 

 into closer proximity with the numerous vessels surrounding them ; 



