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36 ESOTERIC ANTHROPOLOGY.
teals, and convey a portion
of the nutriment elaborated
by digestion, through the thoracic duct, to the same
destination. The anatomy of these vessels has been
but lately understood, and their physiology is yet but
little known. Of these lymphatic glands, I shall speak
further, when treating of the glandular system.
OF THE BRAIN AND NERVES.
The hollow of the skull, from the top of the head
down to a line formed by the base of the orbit of the
eye, the opening of the ear, and the top of the back of
Fig. U.
INNER BASE OP THE SKULL.
1, 1. Frontal space fill
ed by the anterior lobes
of the brain. 5. Cribri
form plate of the eth
moid bone for the passage
of the olfactory
nerves. On each side
of 6 are the passages
of the optic nerves. 13.
14. Body of sphenoid
on each side of
bone,
which are the middle
lobes. 21.Foramen mag
num, or opening for spi
nal cord, below which
are the lobes of the cere
bellum.
the neck, and in
its entire breadth,
is completely filled
with a pulpy mass,
grey without, and of a pearly white within, called the
brain, or encephalon. It is divided into a large anterior