Issue 10, pp. 753-832, October 1861, SMSJ

the\1861.] Termination.es. 807— that fibrin is the pabulum of the Utter tissue —and thatYirehow's views on this point clash with sound doctrine.Lymphatic obstruction being followed by the retention offibrinous serosity iu the cellular tissue, the inference allowedby the foregoing tacts was, that one office of the lymphaticsis to remove all superfluous material from the cellulartissue; to keep the balance of nutrition there correct ;hypertrophyand retention of fibrin in the cellular tissue ensuingupon lymphatic obstruction ; and this explanation isconfirmed by the behavior of the lymphatics in cases i)['cancerous ulceration, etc. (When a blood poison is presentspec'actionSj as abscess and the like, are superadded.)It was attempted to be shown that absorption by the lymphaticsfrom ulcerated surfaces might give rise to thrombusat the entrance of the thoracic duct into the junction of thejugular and subclavian veins, and thus account for phlegmasiadolens occurring in the upper extremity in cases ofdisease of other parts of the body, e. >/