Volume 2

General anatomy, applied to physiology and the practice of medicine / by X. Bichet ; translated from the last French edition by Constant Coffyn ; revised and corrected by George Calvert.

  • Bichet, Xavier, 1771-1802.
Date:
1824
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Credit: General anatomy, applied to physiology and the practice of medicine / by X. Bichet ; translated from the last French edition by Constant Coffyn ; revised and corrected by George Calvert. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ARTICLE III. Properties of the Fibrous System. 193 Sect. 1.—Physical Properties Sect. P.-Properties of the Tissue.-Extensibility .-Peculiar laws that overrule it in this case.-Contractility.-Nearly une^tmg.^ Instances in which it is manifested Sect. III. Vital Properties.-Animal sensibility.-Singular mode of bringing it into action by distention.-Consequences of this pheno- menon peculiar to the fibrous tissue Characters of the Vital Pfopcrties.-Vital activity more developed in this system than in the preceding.-The fibrous tissue, apparently, does not admit of suppuration - Sum pat hies.—Instances of those of animal and of organic properties J r 203—206 ARTICLE IV. Development of the Fibrous System. Sect. I —State 'of that System in the Early Age.—Deficiency of fibres in the major part of the organs of the fcetus.—Softness of these organs at that age—Varieties in their development.—Remarks on rheumatism - 206—209 ' Sect. II.—State of the Fibrous System in the subsequent Ages.— Phenomena in the adult.—General stiffness in the aged subject , 209—210 Accidental Development of the Fibrous System.—Fibres similar to those of this system are detected in divers tumors - 210 ARTICLE V. Fibrous Membranes in general. Sect. I.—Forms of the Fibrous Membranes.—Their twofold sur- face. — These membranes might be considered as the moulds of their respective organs.—Researches on those of the hollow organs.— Experiments proving that they unquestionably differ from the subjacen^ cellular tissue.—Further researches on that of the testis 212—216