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

  • Cruickshank, William, 1745-1800.
Date:
1790
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    as formerly described. Haller says, “ Earum aliqua, aut duae, quae mag- nitudine forte excellerent, tamquam solae ea in sede essent, aut aliquid sin- gulare haberent, pro dorsali quadam propria glandula a Vesalio descriptae sunt: earn glandulam J. Vercellonius celebrem reddidit, cum salsum in ea, et digerendis cibis utilem succum, secerni sibi persuasisset. Verum om- nino neque unica est, ut hi viri putarunt, neque duae, aut alii, neque qua- tuor aut quinque, ut Whartonus et alii, sed omnino numerus et incertus est, et constanter magnus, uti recte monuit vir cl. Maucbardus. Lympha- ticae tribui vindicavit, qui tot alios errores felici ingenio profligavit, prima- rius professor Patavinus.”—Morgagni. I have seen the oesophagus covered with absorbent vessels from one end to the other. I have said that these absorbents are blended with those of the heart and lungs, and of the surrounding parts; but that they belong also to the oesophagus, I am perfectly certain: they arise out of it in the same manner as from other parts: nor can I conceive why Haller should express himself as he has done on this subject. He says, “ Lymphaticae venae oesophagum numerosae perambulant, qui totus conglobatis glandulis tegatur. Num tamen ex gula quidquam sugant, num potius ad telam cellu- losam pertineant, quae pleurae exterior circumponitur, nunc quidem non possum definire.” In strictures of the oesophagus, I have known patients live for many months without any other nourishment than what must have been absorbed from the oesophagus, or from the inside of the mouth. In one instance, the food constantly stopped a little above the cardia, and in three or five minutes after was vomited up again, by the action of the muscular fibres of the oesophagus alone : this patient, though afterwards cured by the use of the bougie, had remained some months in the above-described situation. THE ABSORBENTS OF THE INTERCOSTAL SPACES. These I have repeatedly injected with quicksilver from the thoracic duct, contrary to the course of the valves. I have even made the injection pass the small glands situated between the heads of the ribs, and seen the mer- cury run for some way into the intercostal spaces through these vessels; two