Excerpt from A System of Dissections, Explaining the Anatomy of the Human Body, With the Manner of Displaying the Parts, the Distinguishing the Natural From the Diseased Appearances, and Pointing Out to the Student the Objects Most Worthy of Attention, Vol. 2: During a Course of Dissections The pharyngeus and tunica vaginalis gulae being the muscular covering of a tube connected directly with the stomach, and further united by sympathy with that'organ though the branches of the great pair of nerves, are subject to spasm, as well as to paralysis, from disorders of the stomach. This leads me to point out the propriety of attending to the anatomy of the parts, as the directors in the introduction of the tube into the stomach for conveying nourishment dur ing obstructed deglutition. 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.