_Lacteals_ discovered by Aselli, 117, 186 Harvey refers to the researches of Aselli and Pecquet on the, 186 Harvey discusses the, in a letter to R. Morison, 187, 188
_Lamentius, Andreas_ quoted by Harvey, 20, 22
_Lennox, Duke of_ Harvey accompanied him abroad, xxii
_Letters_ of Harvey, 173 _et seq._
_Ligature_ of veins near the heart, 65 assuming circulation, action and use of ligatures readily understood, 67, 68 of vena cava, 129, 172 of pulmonary veins, 165 of vena portæ, 171
_Liver_ absorbed food passes through the, 49 absorbed chyle passes through the, 92 in the fœtus, 92 nature of blood brought to, 94 chyle transferred to, by mesenteric vessels, 118
_Lungs_ speculation on changes in the blood passing through the, 48 blood cooled on passing through the, 122, 145 course of blood through the, shown by an experiment on the body of a man recently hanged, 177
