LECTURE VI. 253 



Mr. Hunter observing how firmly the 

 gum sometimes attached itself to a trans- 

 planted tooth, and thinking the comb of a 

 cock resembled the gum in its texture, 

 transplanted the tooth of a dog and set it 

 in the comb, where it became firmly fixed. 

 He next transplanted a gland taken from 

 the abdomen of the cock, to a similar situa- 

 tion in the belly of a hen, where it also 

 became attached, and as he believed, nou- 

 rished, for he probably thought he had in- 

 jected it from the general arterious system. 

 The uniting medium by which it is firmly 

 connected is certainly very vascular, yet I 

 do not see that any injection has passed 

 into the vessels of the transplanted gland* 

 The preparation is in the Museum, so that 

 you can examine it for yourselves. Mn 

 Hunter probably believed that it was nou- 

 rished, from its neither wasting nor decay- 

 ing. As, however, the evidence was not very 

 distinct, he next transposed the spur of a 

 young hen to the leg of the cock, and that 

 of the latter, to the leg of the former bird, 

 which spurs grew, and thus set the subject 

 at rest in his mind. It may seem, how- 



