The anatomy of the thymus gland / by Sir Astley Cooper.

  • Cooper, Astley, Sir, 1768-1841.
Date:
1832
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Credit: The anatomy of the thymus gland / by Sir Astley Cooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    chiefly clepeiuling' upon it, and which is placed parallel with the cervical part and the cornua. The true vena thymica returns the blood of the isthmus, cervical portion, and the be- ginning of the cornua into the internal jugular veins, whilst some of those of the cornua empty themselves into the su- perior thyroideal and jugidar veins. Such are the blood vessels of the Thpnus, and I am next to trace the absorbent vessels and their glands. On the spinal surface of the Thymus, numerous absorbent glands are found, and if these be injected many absorbents are discovered. But upon the posterior surface of the cornua and cervical portion, two large vessels proceed on each cornu and the side of the trachea towards the junction of the jugular veins with the superior cava. They are sufficiently large to admit a pipe employed to throw in coarse injection; and I can readily inject them with wax, dissect and preserve them so as to make very interesting preparations of them. They pass nearly straight upon the spinal surface of the cornua, converging a little as they proceed towards the ster- num, and terminate in the jugular veins at their junction with the superior cava by one or more orifices on each side. These vessels are formed to convey the fluid of the Thynuis Gland into the veins, although theii* size is so large as readily