Practical hydropathy, including plans of baths and remarks on diet, clothing and habits of . l greater freedom and frequency, takesplace among the branches of the veins. In both orders of vessels the communi-cation is frequent in proportion to the minuteness of the branch and its distancefrom the heart. It is also more frequent in proportion as a part is exposed topressure; hence the minute arteries and veins about a joint are distinguished forthe multitude of their anastomosing branches; and above all, it is frequent inproportion to the importance of the organ; hence the most remarkabl
Practical hydropathy, including plans of baths and remarks on diet, clothing and habits of . l greater freedom and frequency, takesplace among the branches of the veins. In both orders of vessels the communi-cation is frequent in proportion to the minuteness of the branch and its distancefrom the heart. It is also more frequent in proportion as a part is exposed topressure; hence the minute arteries and veins about a joint are distinguished forthe multitude of their anastomosing branches; and above all, it is frequent inproportion to the importance of the organ; hence the most remarkable anasto-mosis in the body is in the brain. By this provision care is taken that no partbe deprived of its supply of blood; for if one channel be blocked up, a hundredmore are open to the current, and the transmission of it to any particular regionor organ by two or more channels, instead of through one trunk, is a part of thesame^ pro vision. Thus the fore-arm possesses four principal arteries with corres-ponding veins, and the brain receives its blood through four totally Fig. 120. View of the manner in whichthe minute branches of the veinunite to form the larger branchesand the trunks. 1, capillaryvenous branches; 2, small branchesformed by the union of the capil-lary ; 3, larger branches formed bythe union of the smaller, and gra-dually increasing in size, to formthe great trunk; 4, a portion ofwhich is laid open to show itsinner surface and the arrangementof, 5, the valves formed by itsinner coat. HANDBOOK OF HYDROPATHY, Fig. 2 •^
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