First lines of physiology / by the celebrated Baron Albrecht Haller ; Translated from the correct Latin edition printed under the inspection of William Cullen. To which is added, a translation of the laborious index composed for that edition.

  • Albrecht von Haller
Date:
1779
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Credit: First lines of physiology / by the celebrated Baron Albrecht Haller ; Translated from the correct Latin edition printed under the inspection of William Cullen. To which is added, a translation of the laborious index composed for that edition. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dilatation; and, when that is taken off, it reftores the part to its former fize. In the foetus, this gentle force is among the principal caufes of the change that hap¬ pens to the body. 24. The ufes of the fat are various; as to facilitate the motions of the muffles in all parts, leffen their at¬ trition againft each other, and prevent a ftiffnefs or rigidity: it fills up the intermediate fpaces betwixt the muffles, with the cavities about many of the viffera, in fuch a manner, that it readily yields to their motions, and yet fupports them when at reft : it principally con- ftitutes the weight of the body ; condudis and defends the veffels: it gives an uniform extenfion to the fkin; and, ferving as a cufhion to eafe the weight of the body, renders the whole of a comely, agreeable fhape : it pro¬ bably, by mixing with many of the humours, abates their acrimony: it has a principal fhare in forming the matter of the bile; and, by tranfuding through the car¬ tilaginous incruftations of the bones, it mixes with the articular liquid, and by abforption ferves to fmear their fibres : by exhaling through the pores of the fkin, it keeps off the inclement drying quality of the air ; alfo, by exhaling in a living perfon from the mefentery, me- focolon, omentum, and round the kidneys, it lubricates the furfaces of the viffera with an oily emollient vapour; and, by interpofing betwixt their integuments, prevents their growing one to another. 25. The fat is depofited into the cells of this fub* fiance by fleep, reft of body and mind, and a diminifh- ed force of circulation ; whence, being collected in too gre?vt a quantity, it proves injurious by comprefling the veins; and, by caufing too great a refinance to the heart, it makes a perfon fhort-breathed, and liable to an apo¬ plexy or dropfy. The fame humour is taken up by the veins; and, being rapidly moved along the arteries, is confumed by violent exerciie, venery, watchings, cares of the mind, a falivation, diarrhoea, fever, falling, or fuppuration. When reftored to the blood, it increafes acute difeafes, tinges the urine, and forms a part of its fediment. >
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