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Germany
About Item: 1774. London, J. Johnson, 1774, 8°, 174, 8°, XVI, 240 pp., 6, davon 5 gerfaltete Kupfertafeln, Ledereinband der Zeit; Rücken erneuert. First Edition! William Hewson (1739-1774) "gave the first complete account of the anatomical peculiarities of the lymphatics. He divided the lymphatics into two groups - superficial and deep. He described the leucocytes as derived from the lymphatic glands and thymus. "Hewson's studies of the lymphatics are models of skill and ingenuity. He studied them in vitro and in vivo (observing them through a hand-held magnifying glass in the web of a frog's foot). Disproving the current theory, he showed that the lymphatics are not part of the blood system, that nodes are stopping stations along lymphatic vessels and that every cavity of the body, and not just the lacteals of the small intestine, is drained by the lymphatic system. He demonstrated the absorptive properties of the lymphatics by injecting a dye or noxious substance into experimental animals and then… Read More
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