Excerpt from Analytic Anatomy: A Lecture Introductory to a Course Delivered in the Philadelphia Anatomical Rooms, Session of 1823-4 To bring these truths nearer to your minds, let us glance at the relations which subsist between the different parts of our body. We every where observe, that the nerves and blood-vessels are the great agents of sensation, nutri tion, and life. Yet these have no independent existence; they are themselves supplied with nerves, blood-vessels and absorbents. Here, we are at once carried to the ut most limits of our comprehension, for in what an infinitely diminished series may not the nerves and blood-vessels ex ist, when they go to supply the vessels of vessels, and the nerves of nerves! Observe the manner in which the due balance of actions is maintained in our bodies; one set of vessels absorb and another deposit; one set accumulates and another removes. When this equilibrium is destroyed disease ensues, and, if it be not restored, death must suc ceed. This leads us at once to infer the true value of that knowledge, which enables us to understand the complex actions of our system, so that we may check their ia ordinateness or remedy their defects. In the organs of sense.we find every thing that is wonderful in design, and admi rable in execution. We behold Omnipotence in every prof duct, and Omniscience in every plan. We see system within system, organ within organ, each differing from the other, performing different offices, all tending to the per fection ofa common function; which itself is but a small part, contributed to the perfection of the general whole. With such views of the subject, we may be excused for ex claiming, What a piece of work is man How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties! In form and, moving, how express and admirable In action, how like an angel! 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.