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Show Chap. I, Soft and Hard (Pam if t/ae fled}. 4. Soft and fatal Tarts (f [/90 2905/}. Chap. l. rhele l,iquors being impaled within the inward furface of their Veflels, m .fOr\\l)lCl1 an iinplille being made, one Particle mull: neceflai‘ily preis another {ffiing ot'l‘olid Atomes clofely conjoyned, fiirface is immoveable (um leis ,[ be ch‘ma'CLl by the firoke oil a more whofe hard body) Which elfe ca P b rcndred ward, [ill the whole inan of Humours, confiiiing of innumerable Particles of a fluid liibflance, mull by cwnl'equencc be put upon motion. So that Ali. pliable by an eafie coinpreflion of the Fingers: And althoti'r'miit C tend InCnl'arV‘ Vital, and [\ervous Liquors, being heavy bodies, do naturally downwards, when left to their own freedom, but being fiteightned within the concave liirfaces of Tubes, and a force put upon them, their motion muff be guided fometimc directly upwards, and fomctime downwards, and other Bones are perforated with greater or leiler Cavities, yet they are not cagn 510,1"; introceflion, as being cornptefled, becaufe their large or narrow (31!?1 lilo ( the repofitories oi Marrow) are immured within firm inclofiir es th arm}: 5' cannot give way and be contraéied in their Cavities, becaufe the \,{/‘311: t, )6 way weir-cling the perforations of Bones, are cndued with (0 folid andcf‘ttl, titties in a tranl‘verl‘e or oblique motion according to the polition of the may, and not always in a firaight motion downwards, according to their own in- clinarion. . . f,",‘,,:l;l.1iw But theniof‘t folid part of the Body, as Bones, Cartilages, Tendons, Liga- m My part "rr'h, ""7," m, W, 151'",'i,‘.1‘:"<"li, ‘ ments, and the like, are eafily confined Within their own bounds, and prefer. \‘ed within their proper furfaces, as confifiing of Particles more nearly efpoufed to each other, that they cannot‘eafily iiier a divorce; and upon that account they are difcriminated from Fluids, whofe minute parts ( though con- uutt- politi‘in tinued) may upon ealie terms be dilloCiaied, but on the contrary, the folid fifiiiiiiiliif: parts obtain a firmnefs accruing to them by the clole pofition, of their inol‘t inintite parts (of Which they confilt, whether they be one, or feveral kinds) {b clofely \vedged together within each others dil'rerent Angles, that they cannot be parted without great violence. . ircimmcor Solid parts are of divers qualities, fome are affected With Foftnefs, others H, ;",fl,,',‘f with hardnel‘s', the tirft kind are Flefh, Arteries, Veins, Membranes, and gutlfli‘t'iv‘ls the like, ainongfi which, Flelh is termed {oft upon this fcore, becaule it com- ‘ aim. plieth with the touch, as being a compage made up of many concave Veflels, (Pippin; whofe ambient parts being prefled, have a recourfe inward, and the Cavities 1:" """""" of the Vetlels grow lefs and leis, as their inward fiirfaces more and more near1y approach each other; and the interfiices of the Veilels are leflened as the outward futfaces of their Coats are more clofely conjoyned. And {0 the \"eins and Arteries are qualified with foftnefs in reference to their inward motion, when a&ed with a preflure of our Fingers, and the in,,,,,W‘",,],i‘c tides of our Veins and Arteries do tend to a clofure with each other, 1, m mh whereupon theinotion of the Vital Liquor is quickned when fqueefed out, its "11131:. receptacles, by the conti‘aflion of Miifcles,comprelling them. The Nerves havea foftnefs too, as their outward confines give way inward upon comprefiion, [0 that the Nerves being Syfiems of many Filaments lodg- ed one within another, and the more ambient, being moved by an outward contact do fucceflively move all the Filaments inward, and by confequence hal‘ten the progrefs of the Animal Liquor, by firaightning the interftices of the Filaments. And divers parts are {aid to be indued with fiftnel‘s, although they have M not manifeft Perforations, but only infenfible Pores, upon whole account, the . K iii". external parts may be brought nearer to the inward, when the outward furarm "he" face being firfi comprefled, its Pores are contracted, and {0 one part prefling ;,1‘,,~‘jf'év§f"‘ another toward the middle, the inward Pores are fucceflivel y leilened, and the 11‘,',¥f§"""- whole compage grOWeth more compact. T,um,,,m, Themorehard parts of Humane Body, are Bones, Cartilages, and have a iiiiiiiisih: iiiiiisiiinv‘liif ,,,,.,,c,,,‘,,,,,, Qkfkrufiggjg‘s firm and compaéied fiibflance, as {0 many Bafes and Pillars, by which the more tender frame of (of: parts is fupported, and are the Hypomoclia and Centers, by which the motion of the Limbs, and Trunk of the Body is celebrated. The more folid part of the Body is that of Bones, and are judged 3:33,;7‘m ‘0 be hard, becaiife their compage is of a [tiff and rigid difpofition, as con« fitting born a Conl‘tit ution, that their inward concave fubPrances cannot admit any u u fit-Kilt; addrcfi to each others embraces. And now I will endeavour to give an account how fome hard bodie~ ' be mollified and become of a more yielding nature, when their more l 111"]? conjoyned Particles may be lb fet atliberty, as to make their former coiiio'L Y looler by a more porous confidence, whence arifeth a capacit y of one Pdgc‘ to give way to another in their flexions toward the Center ‘, and F0 the Pm1t grow 1ch and leis, as the ambient parts make nearer and nearer a roach 0105 the inward , and the manner how foftnefs may be imparte d isPE he: "3 moifiure. As to the firft, the atomes of Fire by their fiibtle Particles i l31 nuate into the pores of concreted Fat, :1 lillphurcous body ( fit for theii {n 1. port) and firfi: diliinite the clofer parts of Suet, rendrin g theiii felt and fluid by Colliquation 3 and afterwards the Fire by more numero us atomes infiili's and propagates it felt by a molt impetuous motion into a flame whichIconceive to be made up of volatil fulphurcous parts of Fat, embodi ed with Air and burns, as molt Violently moved, and breaks into act, produc ing that thiri flaming Expanfi on. ButBones, the melt dry parts of Humane Bodies, being {triftly confidered The "WC" are context-tires formed of Saline and Earthy Particle s, and of themfelves at: 3316;: hino way fiibieé‘t to be inollified by Fire, which is fuflained by Sulphur eous P' L "mar H titles, which are not the confiituent parts of Bones pi‘ecifely taken whole C1 {- édm‘: Vines only are Cells and Receptacles configned to the enterta inment bf Marrota: which though it may be mollified and Fendred liquefiicnt and inflamable by, vertue of fiery Atomes, yet it cannot be accounted an integral art of ii Bone, which is a far more compaéied fubf‘tancc. P And another fort of a dry Body, as Leather, and the like, may be intenerated by modiure, whole liquid Particles foakinq into the porous Particles do relax the commiflbres of its more minute conjoyned Particles which bein parted by the interpofition ofvcry {mall watry bodies borrow a foftdil' ofit' g Enabling the more inward to give way to the ambien t parts by comriieflibfhn3 d:£32516:1:::2§;ng?£€le1cathodli-e] inglliftied by the moifiure of fluid Humouts "WNWconve d b . x y , at ne 5, when the Vital and nervous Liquor '3 Mn"; "E N Iye y Arteries and Nerves into their fubflan ce to give them Life and irrigi‘lsé‘: nezprtilll‘zrplepfzgc fftl?n% {aimed by an unnatural purulen matter, lodged "0.15. t e loft and rotten. ones, "'11th firfi rendreth them carious, and after l'olid mmmadc grimncd. when the And on the other tide, foft bodies are lndurated and conct'cted Foinetimes gjfifigfnzfig‘; y fillphureous, and molt of all by fahne Particles : And the Seminal Matter 2,13%:lefo lSCOncreted firfi into Membranous, b u u and afterwards into a Cartilaginous and "‘mrm‘c-mg I'ereral 3 ‘0 a bony Fubfiance. sxscsoFuCor an£333;ng difcsiuplfed fomewhat_of the parts of Humane Body as Similar $31071", laf‘t in 7 (hall farther 52d" and D t e quality of it as Fluid and Solid, Soft and Hard: I 3:32?" F eavour to give you fome account of them relating to Rarity manning." en Ity, which are various Schematifins, {peaking different poflures of $5321?" C IVIatter, Matter. |