- bin. 



- l. npbs] stem discutirt zu werden pfl 

 fin so unmittelbares physio) i 



i - n Lymphgefasse in den K Mag 



man sich ueber die Bildung i I mphe and ueber 



wirksamen Kjafte eine Theorie machen, nan 



wil . lert diese als ganz unerlassliche Grund praezisere 



-; • Ifin .1 hen Verhalten der ersten Wurzeln i 



■mm ci: \ tellung wirklich aus der Beobachtung 



entsprossen, sei sie our hypothetisch an aen." It is without 



question thai a com 3ion of the relations of the lymphatic capil- 



lar on an understanding of the fundamental morphol 



Of ! 111. 



■.'. I.\ \l I'M \TK - A.S I * 1 1 v II. I> TlSSl I Sp k 



T ■ relation of the lymphatics to tissue spaces Eormulal -1 by von 

 Ri ckli eni irely in agreement with the eai 



gal - al conditions recorded liy !'• - (l<!). It was the 



practically universally I idea up to L900 that lymphatics ai 



by the dilatation of ! bj the fluid thai exuded fr 



the blood vessels; that this dilatation of tto 

 periphery, i that 1 he vi reins and 



join Thus I le growth of the lymphatic vessels was thoug 



rom the periphery to the center. This view was well stated in 

 1894 by Gulland i:'.'- 1 ). who found the lymphatics first in I - bcu- 

 taneous tissue and then along the- extremities in fo human, 



bovine and rabbit, between 3 and I cm. long, and thought that tfo 

 vessels subsequently joined the veins. Ei thought thai the Eorce of 

 fluid in the tissues formed the lymp , so that the] arose by an 



entirely different method from his conception of the origin of blood 

 i. 167). 



3. I'm i h . i 's Work. 



An account of the newer work on the oi mphatic 



stem must begin with Budge i 11 22). Budge was led to a study of 

 the lymphatic system in birds through uoticii I variati 



sterior lym rts in the adult (21). The posterior lymph 



hearts had beei in birds by Panizza (103), A. F. J. Mayer 



(quoted by Stannins) and Stannius ( 1 12). Budge had already begun 



