The actual process of nutrition in the living structure demonstrated by the microscope; and the renewal of the tissues and secretions, with the phenomena and products of inflammation, illustrated and established / [William Addison].

  • Addison, William, 1802-1881
Date:
1843-1845
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Credit: The actual process of nutrition in the living structure demonstrated by the microscope; and the renewal of the tissues and secretions, with the phenomena and products of inflammation, illustrated and established / [William Addison]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vlll The coagulation of the buffy coat of the blood is a glaring instance of an elastic, compact, fibrous, and colourless tissue, resulting from the fibrillation and incorporation of the colourless elements of the blood: the experiment related (p. 4) in the following chapter is a glaring instance of the actual formation of this tissue, in which we see how the colourless blood cor- puscles and the molecules are included in and incor- porated with the fibres; and, lastly, the accumulation of the colourless blood corpuscles in the capillary vessels in the web of the frog’s foot after immersion in warm water, their adhesion to the walls of the vessels, and their situation first between the red cur- rent and the tissue, and then among the fibres of the latter, is a glaring instance of the process of nutrition. The views and theories hereafter set forth are de- duced from these Baconian glaring instances. In passing from the confines of the visible to those of the invisible domain of matter, we must bear in mind that the latter or the invisible is quite as important as the former or the visible; for all objects become invisible long before we arrive at the end of their composition. The ultimate atoms or forms of oxygen, nitrogen, carbonic acid, and water, as they surround us, and as we inhale or exhale them, cannot be rendered visible by the most powerful microscope ; hence, therefore, we may conclude that the smallest visible molecule, forming part of an organized structure.