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preparations injected, and so neatly put up, 

 that these objects, which we generally view 

 with disgust, attract the attention of stran- 

 gers, who regard them as the most beautiful 

 preparations in the whole collection. It 

 is nearly at the commencement of the intes- 

 tinal tube, that the bile and pancreatic li- 

 quors are poured into it. Mr. Hunter, in 

 his paper on digestion, says " it appears 

 from many experiments, that the digested 

 or animalized part, when carried into the 

 intestine, clings to the internal coat, as if 

 entangled among the villi j whilst the ex- 

 crementitious part and bile are found lying- 

 unconnected, in the gut, and as if separated 

 from the other." This fact was more fully 

 explained, and also exhibited in this theatre, 

 by Mr. Astley Cooper, when he held the 

 office of professor, of Anatomy and Surgery 

 to the College. He told us, that the gastric 

 juices first dissolved that food which was 

 most susceptible of digestion, thus affording 

 an argument against much variety of viands; 

 that the substance dissolved was discoverable 

 in the solvent, and gave a character to the 

 solution ; thus the chyle prepared from 



