An experimental essay on the conversion of chyle into blood / by James Hutchinson, A.M. ; House Surgeon of the Pennsylvania Hospital.

  • Hutchinson, James, active 1803.
Date:
1803
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Credit: An experimental essay on the conversion of chyle into blood / by James Hutchinson, A.M. ; House Surgeon of the Pennsylvania Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fpedtable Phyfiologift, in a Tradt published in 1666, entitled Tranfitus et tranfmutatio chyli in fanguinem, exprefTes himfelf in the following manner. Quibus vero modis, et mutationis gradibus chylus in fanguinem afli- miletur, et in nutrimentum partium faceflat, ut melius intelligatur, fciendum eft, fpiritum vitalem, aliaque in fanguine principia activa in chylum jugiter inftillatum agere, eumque minutiflime fubigere; quin et cum chylus fale, fulphure, et fpiritu copiofe turgefcat, quampri- mum compages ejus a fermentatione laxatur, particular ifta3 activae motus libertatem adeptae, cum partibus fanguinis, quae iimilis et conge- neris naturae fuerint, (cfe prompte afTociant, et in fanguine, (ut in vino, aliifque ejufmodi li- quoribus) contingit, ut ubi fpiritus dominio potiti fint, particulas omnes crafliores, et fae- culentiores, quibus impinguntur, a mafTa fua deturbent et expediant, quo reliquam liquoris partem defsecatiorem et puriorem reddant. This account of the manner in which Chyle is converted into Blood is as erroneous as it is hypothetical, though no doubt it was gene-