[377] Lit. “rough artery.” The air-passages as well as the arteries proper were supposed by the Greeks to carry air (pneuma); diastole of arteries was, like expansion of the chest, a movement for drawing in air. cf. p. 317, [note 1].
[379] Lit. orexis.
[380] Lit. a “physical” organ; that is, a mere instrument or organon of the Physis,—not one of the Psyche or conscious personality. cf. semen, p. 132, [note 1].
[381] cf. p. 317, [note 2]; p. 319, chap. [xv].
[382] Note that absorption takes place from the stomach as well as the intestines. cf. p. 118, [note 1].
[383] That is, among the ultimate tissues or cells.
[385] By this term, of course, the air-passages are also meant; cf. p. [305].