The anatomy of the absorbing vessels of the human body / by William Cruikshank.

  • Cruickshank, William, 1745-1800.
Date:
1786
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Credit: The anatomy of the absorbing vessels of the human body / by William Cruikshank. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    enim, et ejus afteclas intelligo, quern vidhTe noftras venas, 6c fuis oftendhTe, ex duobus Galeni locis manifeftum mihi eft. Ex utroque enim liquet ad probandum folum fpiritum in arteriis attineri, con- fluere autem poft fanguinem, vel aliam naturam quamcunque, experi- mento hoc anatomico ufum efle, quod in hasdis nuper lactatis, fi venter imus & interior membrana dividantur, initio fimul fcilicet, ac nudatum mefenterium fuerit, arteriae disposals, id eft, aere, mox plenas ladle confpiciantur. Vidit igitur omnino lactea haec vafa, nec agnovit tamen, quippe, quas pro arteriis, deceptus veri quadam inani fimili- tudine, habuerit. Ex quibus omnibus fatis, opinor, patet, ignorata fuiife hadtenus vafa, quae primi inveniffe profitemur. Galen alfo fays, that Herophilus taught, there were veins ariftng out of the inteftines, which did not go to the liver, but to certain glands on the mefentery, and which were the nutrient veins of thefe glands. HpUTOV fX£V y&p 7T0LVTI Tto fXEITEVTEplu) $Af£ct£ ETTQlVfiEV ISiOLC CLVCMEtflEVCL; 0LVT& TV) 0pe\J/f; twv evTspuv juvj Trspcaovfisvas to vpt&p. wc yapnai HpoQihcs e'hsysiv, etc a^fVCO^VJ 71V0L GttfJiOLTtX, TfAa'TtoCW OLVTCiS Oil $Af£ff, TWV CCMCOV 0L7TCl(TUV E7TI TXS 7rV7\CiS dvoctpspGiievuv, For, in the firft place (Nature) has made, in the whole cf the mefentery, peculiar veins, deftined for the nourimment of the inteftines, not pafling to the liver: for, as Herophilus fays, thefe veins terminate in certain glandular bodies, whilft all the reft are carried upwards to the portas (or liver). From the palfages I have quoted, it is evident that the ancients under- ftood fomething of the doctrine of abforption : it is alfo, I think, not to be denied, that they had feen parts of the real abforbent fyftem, though they did not underftand them.