A treatise on the management of female complaints, and of children in early infancy ... / By Alexander Hamilton. Revised and enlarged by his son, Dr. James Hamilton.

  • Hamilton, Alexander, 1739-1802.
Date:
1806
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Credit: A treatise on the management of female complaints, and of children in early infancy ... / By Alexander Hamilton. Revised and enlarged by his son, Dr. James Hamilton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Besides these general properties of the nerves, they have some farticular powers; for it is through their means that the actions of the senses are accomplish- ed. Thus, on the nerves of the eye and of the nose, the senses of Seeing and Smelling depend ; for those nerves being destroyed, the senses no longer exist. VesseLs.——The vessels of the human body are very numerous ; they are of different sizes and forms, and have different uses assigned tothem. Some are intended to convey to the blood what is necessary to supply its constant waste; others carry the blood: it- self to all the various parts, for the purposes of nu- trition; some prepare it for that purpose, and others | distribute it ina prepared state to the different organs of the body. All the vessels may therefore be arranged under the denomination of the Absorbent, Circulatory, Secretory, and Excretory. The Absorbent Vessels are extended over the sur- face and the cavities of the body; they are of differ- ent sizes; many of them are scarcely visible; they are very strong, although so thin as to be transparent. The absorbent vessels open on the surface of the body and of its several cavities, by extremities so small, that their structure cannot be ascertained. They are, however, capable of absorbing fluids, which they convey to a general reservoir, (to be afterwards described), and which are prevented from returning, by having, in their course, numerous valves, that allow the passage of the fluids in the direction of the general reservoir, and prevent their return. The absorbent vessels have been divided, from the appearance of their contents, into Lymphatics and Lacteals. The Lacteals are confined to the belly ; the Lymphatics are distributed over the rest of the body. In the course of the latter vessels, roundish bo- dies of a red or brown colour, larger in children than