This system results from the union of a multitude of small vessels
which arise from all the parts, and carry different fluids that are
poured into the black blood, after having passed through certain
peculiar swellings that are called lymphatic glands, and which make
a part of the system with them. The whole of the absorbent system
comprehends then two things, 1st, the vessels; 2d, the swellings or
glands, an improper name, inasmuch as it assimilates them with organs
which pour out fluids by the excretories that arise from them.