The morbid anatomy of the human gullet, stomach, and intestines / By Alexander Monro.

  • Monro, Alexander, 1773-1859.
Date:
1811
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Credit: The morbid anatomy of the human gullet, stomach, and intestines / By Alexander Monro. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    formance of the vital functions, from sucli as are pe-^ «uliar to certain animals only, and exclusively sub- servient to their economy and habits of life. Morbid Anatomy extends the sphere of this kno'wledge, by ascertaining the superior importance of some organs to others, in preserving the animal system. There are certain bowels, on which life more im- mediately depends, and which, with great propriety, have been termed vital. There are others, which, though highly useful to the sound state of the ani- mal structure, are not absolutely necessary to the prolongation of life. The Thymus gland and Spleen seem to rank in this class ; the former is absorbed before the fifteenth year, and the latter may be diseased, without creat- ing such symptoms as are immediately fatal; and it may be extracted without occasioning any manifest derangement of the system. On this interesting subject, Morbid Anatomy conveys still farther information ; for it proves, that the functions of the animal economy may be conti- nued, even though a considerable part of some of the bowels be in a diseased state, every part of the same organ not being equally important. Thus, life has been prolonged, though one side of the Lungs, or one of the Kidnies have been destroy- ed ; though a part of the Liver has been much dis- eased ; though several inches of the Intestinal tube have been lost; and even though a considerable number of the vessels called Lacteal, through which