a fine fluid, separated in the body from the mass of blood, and contained in peculiar vessels.

Dr Keil says, that the lymph being chemically examined, will be found to contain a great deal of volatile, but no fixed salt, some phlegm, some sulphur and a little earth. The use of the lymph, he observes, may be gathered from the consideration of the parts into which it discharges itself: that which comes from the head, neck and arms, is thrown into the jugular and subclavian veins; all the lymphatics, which the parts in the cavity of the thorax send out, empty themselves into the thoracic duct; and the lymph from all the rest of the body, flows to the receptacle of the chyle; so that there can be no doubt but its chief use is to dilute and perfect the chyle before it mixes with the blood.

See ANATOMY, Part III.