...may prove of great pathological and physiological interest. Treviranus says, Mr. P. tells us.] " That each single part of the body, in respect of its nutrition,...in the relation of an excreted substance." In other ttords, every part of the body, by taking from the blood the peculiar substance! which it needs for...

...change is least obvious. 202. Thus, then, we are led to the conclusion that, as Treviranus phrased it, "each single part of the body, in respect of its nutrition,...whole body in the relation of an excreted substance;" or, in other words, each part of the body, by taking from the blood the peculiar substances which it...

...announced by Treviranus, as the starting point, viz. : •' Each simjle part of the body, in respect to itt nutrition, stands to the whole body in the relation of an excreted substance;" for, although it is retained as a part of the body, it is just as much excreted from the blood as if...

...disease." Again, from the writings of Treviranus, our author takes the following quotation, ie "that each single part of the body, in respect of its nutrition,...whole body in the relation of an excreted substance," and makes this comment upon it: "If each part," he says, "in its normal nutrition is as an excreting...

...produce an alteration in that fluid both as to quantity and quality. The idea of Treviranus, viz., that " each single part of the body in respect of its nutrition,...whole body in the relation of an excreted substance," has been ably shown by Mr. Paget to account for various processes in health, under the name of " complemental...

...really due to Casper Friedrich Wolff, jvhose doctrine of epigénesis reposes on it ; namely, that " each single part of the body, in respect of its nutrition, stands to the whole body in the relation of a secreting organ." Mr. Paget has illustrated this idea with his accustomed felicity.* Every part of...

...really due to Caspar Friedrich Wolff, whose doctrine of epigenesis reposes on it ; * namely, that " each single part of the body, in respect of its nutrition, stands to the whole body in the relation of an excreting organ." Mr Paget has illustrated this idea with his accustomed felicity.^ Every part of the...

...purity. The law of TREVIRANUS is, that "Each part of the body, in respect of its nutri* Paget. tion, stands to the whole body in the relation of an excreted substance."* In this sense we may say that the nutrition of any one tissue is a purifier of the blood for the uses...

...system, will affect the composition of the blood. Mr. Paget adopts the proposition of Treviranus, that " each single part of the body, in respect of its nutrition,...whole body in the relation of an excreted substance ;" and this is probably true. Thus, to take only one example, it can readily be understood that the...

...all the matters which each tissue attracts and appropriates ; and as Treviramts well expressed it, " each single part of the body, in respect of its nutrition, stands to the whole body in the relation of a secreted substance." This law explains the presence of many parts otherwise apparently useless ;...