Excerpt from A Course of Anatomico-Physiological Lectures on the Human Structure and Animal Oeconomy, Vol. 3: Interspersed With Various Critical Notes, Extracted From Memories, Transactions of Learned Societies, &C. And Pathological Observations Deduced From Dissections of Morbid Bodies, &C. Including Whatever Is Most Valuable in the Works of All the Eminent Prof Over the Papilla of the human 'tongue is fpread only a fingle mucous and femi-pellucid Co yering, which adheres to them, and ferves as a' Cuticle. But; in brute Animals, a perforated mu cous Reticula receives the Papillae, which are, in a Manner, contained in Capfulae of this mucous Subf'cance, covered with the Cuticle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.