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Show 0f the News?!" Liquor, o; 3 i Book I. Part I l. oz Ferment to the Stomach. elation with fiich liibl‘tances, as are Homogeneous, and do make :1 fepam. be adnwtcd lo the Salival Liquor difcourfed above, and others to the Nervous rioii of Heterogeneous, nnlefs they be rendred lbmewbat akin in likenefs to Juycc, which is our prelbnt Province. But before we Difcourfe of the Nature and Qualities of the Nervous Lia quors, it is requifite to fay fomewhat of the Exiltence of it, by reafon tome ' the Ferment altering them, with which they often embody. As the Runner bt ' 1g of a Curdly nature, is a proper Ferment to Coaqu. late-lV'iilk, in allociating with the Cafeous, and fecerning the Whey fibm the Oiiy parts of Mill: out of which Butter may be extracted, by long and tr pé‘afft‘l agitations in a proper Utenlil. Tl‘rirdly, licrmcnrs are {mall in quantity, and great in vertue, in reference rtnmm-t "Til": to their lpititnous and filbth Particles (of which they are computed) as ' .. Book I. Part II. Balm, Runner, are required only ina fmall quantity for the making of Bread and Checfeand alf‘o Malignant and Pef'tiferous fieams, though {mall in quantity, yet will infec‘t in a (hort time the whole M313 of Blood. Fourthly, Ferments do inoll: effectually Operate in fiibftances, whore ,5, frames are rendred Lax by athereal influences, and airy Particles, infinua. _ 4‘ ting theml‘elres into the Pores [of Bodies, expanded by their rate and ' elaliiclc Particles, which are in perpetual Motion: But enoughof the litbrle difpofition of Air at this time, becaufe I intend to {peak of it here: after, as a main Ferment, working upon the Aliment, in order to the Elaa bomtion of Chyle. ' ., 011.336" Fifthly, The Ferments made up of moll; Minute Particles, are molt ealily illiiarts ly brought into Inteltine Motion, becaufe they can leis refill the difputes i ,m o? Contrary Agents , to whole dominion they more readily iiibmit them "I‘ll" feltet. mutingiiil: Sixthly, The Figure of Atomes (of which Liquid Ferments confiflz) ttary 3g .iit. are very prevalent in railing a Fermentation 5 and upon this account, Minute Bodies furnilhed with difl'orm Figures, and different Magnitudes, give :1 dilpolition to lntefiine Motion, and as being drefled with various Angles, they are more adapted to take hold on [hole Bodies, which encounter them. From whence it followeth, If the agitation of the Angular Bodies be {0 30; incredulous Perlon may give it out, he hath not Faith enough to believe the Subjec't Matter -, and if that be true, it will forthwith put a Period to our farther inquiry, relating to the Fermentative dilpofitions of the Animal Lim quot, Whole being in the nature of Things, Doé‘tor Glyflim hath afferted with great weight of Reafon. The firft is deduced from Nutricion, to which ( if it be not the whole Matter, as forne AnatomiPts will have it ) it is very much alliftant in repairing the decays of Nature, in point of Aliment aflimilated to the fubltance of parts, which are fupported, and grow plump and vivid by Nervous Li- Ncrwsl-iz quot infinuated into their Pores, and united to their more inward Receffes; 3232323; whereupon, if the influx of Nervous Liquor be intercepted, the Mufcular "hummer!" and Mcmbranous parts are difpoilcd of their due Dimeni'ions, which doth not proceed from the fupprefled Motion of the Blood, keeping its Current into Paralyrick Members, which appeareth in the Pullation of the Artery, playing in the Emaciated parts, and therefore there mult be found out fotne Veilels, which being obl'truéted, do Prop the courfe of the Nervous Liquor, and defraud the Syfieme of Veflels, of which the decayed parts are integra~ ted of their Alimentary Liquor 5 whereupon the Nerves being defiitute of their Juice, Animal Spirits, and Elafiick Particles of Air, loofe their due Tenfenefs and Tone, whence followetli the refolution of parts in Paralytick Dificmpers. Another argument may be borrowed from Ocular Demonflration, which 1" W°und9°5 is a high Evidence, and not to be Difputed, an Inl'rance may be given in the giggling}: Wounds of Nerves,and Tendons,outof which a Limpide Liquor ( common- $23015: 1' ly called a Glam) freely extilleth, which cannot probably flow from Veins "1"" powerful, as to conquer the refiliance of the Subjefi Matter (on which and Arteries, whofe Liquors are tinged with a different Colour. they work ) they fo far fubdue the contrary Agents, as to bring them to their Beck, and unite in a middle Temper, in which the oppofiteiprinciples of the Dilputant are reconciled, in a peaceable aflimilation. And again, The bodies of Ferments, accommodated with acute angles, Again, It may be further confirmed by the fwelling of the Nerves, made 23333352: by a Lignture ( in young Animals) above which an Intumefcence grow- :‘tlakgfikg eth, derived from Nervous Liquor, tending toward the Ligature; which Nclvcslwfill ‘ , _ r are more apt to {ever thofe parts, which are moft firmly united, becaufe they ,j‘fllfilfhfiflm can more calily infinuate theml‘elves in the manner of a Wedg, and by de- :1)31:11,)"; grees feparate the affociated parts of the Fubjcét Matter (upon which Ferments have an influence) and reduce it into motion. turncr‘nsgs Seventhly, Ferments which have an aptitude to Motion, by reafon of a" 1 gm . . :1" mm fire and fliapetm-ult have analogy With the Sub)eét Matter, on which they (1,,~,¥,fi[,,,,m at}; becaufe, if it be enducd with too open a Compage, as being perforam°"°"red with too enlarged Pores, it giveth Po ealie an admiflion to the more Minute atomes of Ferments, that they retire no Intelline Motion, by l‘CilfO" no rehflance is made between the Agent and Patient. Or on the contrary, when the Pores of the Patient are (0 reclule, that the Fermenting Pal‘ElClCS cannot be received into its fubl'tance, whereupon no impreflion can be made, and the aéiiotis of the Ferments are wholly obfiruéted andthc Fermentation rendred fruPtrate. ) Thus [have given the different nature and difpofitions of Ferments, in 2 common Notion, and are applicable in fome manner or other, to the various Ferments of the Stomach in reference to Chylification, of which fome may c being intercepted, caufeth the Swelling. But how happeneth it, that Li- irlialsohlggn it" gatures of Nerves produce no Swellings in Animals of greater age 3 My Con- "gm" jeé‘ture is, That the Nervous Juice is more free in Motion in Puppies, then in more Mature Animals, derived from the greater abundance and thinnefs of the Nervous Liquor. A fourth argument to prove the Exil'tence of the Nervous Juice, as be- 22:33:35: ing a Member, related to the family of Liquors ( the great Infiruments to gigging? hipport the (economy of Nature in Animals) is drawn from the lilies aflign- Liquntisthc ed to the Nerves, which are Senfation, Motion, and Nutrition, and fome parts which are not fubjeét to Motion, not extraordinary Senliition, as the Mystery and Spleen, are furnifhed with great plexes of Nerves 5 and parts, which have far greater Dimenfions, as the Liver and Caul, have far lefs proportion of Nerves, which argucth they are infiituted for Nutrition only, whereupon the Mefenterick , and Splenick Plexes, are configned to fome other ufe, befide that of Senfe, Motion, and Nutrition: Which I humbly conceive is this, That the numerous Nerves are ordained too by Nature, to tranfmit Liquor into the Glands of the Mcflmtery, and Spleen, to refine the Chyle in the one, and the Vital Juice in the other : And I have great reafon to believe, that the fruitful Branches of Nerves, inferred into theIi‘nw‘arld time c "N‘fil‘vbcfm 55????de mm?" 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