A system of human anatomy : general and special / by Erasmus Wilson.

  • William James Erasmus Wilson
Date:
1868
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Credit: A system of human anatomy : general and special / by Erasmus Wilson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Third Division. Neutral Non-nitrogenized Compound. Sugars (2). Sugar from the Liver, Sugar of Milk. Fourth Division. Fatty and Saponaceous Compounds (13). Cliolesterin, Caproate of Potass., Soda, &c Oleic Acid, Olein, Margaric Acid, Margarin, Stearic Stearin, Oleate of Soda, Elaterin, Margarate Stearorin. Stearate <>ro«;5//.—PRINCIPLES NON-CRYSTALLIZABLE OR NON-VOLATILi,, INDEPEN- DENTLY OF DECOMPOSITION. Third Class. — Organic Substances, or Coagulable Principles (18). First Division. Those naturally Liquid (7). Fibrin, Pancreatin, Albumen, • Mucosin, Albuminose, Ptyalin. Casein, Second Division. The Solid and Demi-solid (7). (Jlobulin, Cartilagein, Crystallin, Ostein,. Musculin, Keratin. Elasticin, Third Division. Pigjientary Substances (4). HcBmatin, or Haematosin, Melanin. Biliverdin, Urrosacin. Besides these, there are other substances known to exist, but which being doubtful, or not well determined as imiuediate principles, it is unnecessary here to enumerate. The organic substances or coagulable immediate principles constituting the third class, compose the greatest part of the body, the principles of the first class being in much smaller proportions; whilst those of the second, except the fatty principles, being formed by dis-assimilation or waste, to be quickly thrown off, must be regarded as merely accessory to, and not as original components of the organism. The first and third classes (including fat) then are alone assimilable. Or THE First Class. Oxygen (0) is an immediate principle when it exists in a free state; it is thus dissolved in the blood, and acts as a vital stimulus — its combination with the tissues and elements producing heat. Hydroijen (H) exists free in the stomach and large intestine, though none has as yet been found in the blood. Nitrogen (N) is found dissolved in the blood. Carhonic Acid (Coj) resulting from the combination of oxygen with the carbon of the tissues, etc., is found dissolved in all the fluids. It is removed princi- pally by the lungs. ]Yater (Protoxide of Hydrogen, HO) is one of the most important iuime- diate principles, forming as it does a part of every tissue or fluid in the organ- l<!m ; and is essential to their existence; nearly every tissue is mere than half