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Pm II. 0/1/28 Mam» (if Clay/iflmtiond N gent Arteries, into the Glands of the Kidneys, and limit thence conveyed through the Pelvi» and Ureters, into the common receptacle ol‘ Urine. ‘ i ‘to the realbn of the quick Motion of the Minera.l \Varers through the mach, and other parts oi the Body, it proceedeth from their thin liihflanCe i .;r‘ pungent Particles, (with which they are impregnated) giving a trouble ' to the l-ibr‘es ol‘tlie Ventricle and lutellines, earning thern to Contract them. ltlieslor a lpeedy Expullion, with the aid of the Diap/ngme, into the La. {ital hr'leltnterick, and Thoracick Velltls; and horn thence being tranlinitted through the Veins, into the tight Verttriele of the Heart, (where the Blood ' is put into a Fermentation, by the active laline Particles of the Mineral \VatersJ doth quicken the Carnous l'ibres of the Heart, to Contract themlelves vigoroully, and thereby briskly to irnpel the Blood, embodied with tliele {harp Mineral Particles, into the Kidney Glands, where the Blood is permlated from the pungent Potulent Matter, into the Pelvis and Ureters. \Vines allo ( as well as Mineral Waters) are ol" :1 thin Conlillence, and tlili‘et in their plealaut temper much more acceptable to the Stomach, and by realon of their more .' greeable dilpolition, do male a longer ltay in it, and thereby allifi its Concoc'tion oi. Aliment ; which may be backed by the t‘x'per'ietiCC of Public, li‘eely gratifyin g their Palates, in eating ofvariou s Dilhes of choice Filh, and Flelh, which elle would highly diltorttpolh their Srornarhs, Were they not "lengthened with the warm liibtle, and f-‘pitituous Part '4 of \Vine; which aiiociaring with the other Ferments , do infinu- an themlllies into the penetrals of the Aliment, and dirlolve its liame, and (hazv out its purerliquor. \Vhereupou a (hiel'tion may be l‘tarredJ How \Vinc confiliing of fwect and Oily Particles, when it is receiied into the Stomach, lhould he in a lhor‘t tinre bereaved of its grateful liveetncls, and turn acid in the Ventriclc? \Vhieh maybe, as Iconceive, attributed to the litline parts of the Wine, brought to a Fluor by Fermentation, which rendretli \Vine acid; and in all Vegetable Juices being fermented in the Stomach, do by degrees acquire an acidity, by realon the more {weer part: are levered, in order to altoeiate with the Alimentary Liquor, and thereupon leave the other acid as recrements of Concoftron. Répriskrilt But if Wines be conlervcd in Casks, as lo many {afe Repofitories, 1 the lweet Sulphureous parts do hold liich an intimate union with the Saw" "in", line, that they do not fuller the Generous Liquor to denenerare into an acid retl. uiee, which is a fiep to Vinegar. a LiqnitlAliLiquid kinds of Aliment (commonly (‘ it lit" ' called Suppings) as Broth, Potalifilmn tag‘e , \Vater-gruel,‘ Panada, Oatmeal Candle, and the like, do not require mm mt, {o iong [lay in the Stomach, as more folid Meats , becaufe they confill as 5:33ng llrnd bodies of enlarged Pores; as their parts are eafily feparable one from another (in reference to Motion ) to which they have naturally great inclinations : So that the Ferments of the Stomach may obtain a more eafie adniilnon through open Pores, into the body of Liquid Aliment and as being fluid, the Alimentary l iquor it; ealilV fevered from the Fades which are, Chm i" COX‘HQCDCE; if compared withtthe more grols Excremehts of folid Meats. . therefore liquid kinds of Nourilhment, admitting an eafle folution Of' their Compage‘,‘ the differviceable parts are readily parted from the more' tilefnl, without‘any great elaboration of the Aliment, in which .the more bprtrtuous parts being quickly elevated in Liquid Bodies, do fpeedily attain unto Maturity, with a gentle Fermentation of the Stomach. . On On the other fide, AS the folid Meats, yield a greater, and more fubflan- stint Meat: \K‘ 3 lllUlC tialNourilhment, [0 they require a better tempered heat of the StomaCh, iiib'nnmi V . - and adjacent Vilcera, and well drlpofed I'er‘ments, by reafon the body of :ggwggjfig-t lolid Meat is more compaé‘mnd hath very Minute Pores,and therefore asketh a {351:5} fig" more intenfe and kindly natural Heat: (to open its clol‘er pores) and l'er- Tor‘ecw‘e merits, cnobled with more refined fi)il‘l[ll()ll$ Particles, in reference to inlinu- 10M aterhernfclves into the fecret paHages ol‘l‘olid Meat, which upon that account, are endued with a linall proportion of Liquor, lo intimately elpoufed to the folid parts, that it can hardly be feparated without a more lalling, and high» er Fermentation of the Stomach, extracting with greater time and difficulty the alimentary Tinéture ; which cannot be accomplilhed without many alterations performed Prep by ltep, one after another, the former being previous to the latter as inducing;t into the changed Aliment, greater and greater Degrees of more and more mature Concoe‘tion, endingin the production of Chyle, a {weer and delicate Elixir of Nature, the Malaria firbflmm of Blood, and all other alimentary Liquor liipporting the Body. A (hieflion may now arile, Whether the molt folid Bodies of Mines, can- ‘l'i‘lflfiifg, not admit a Concoetion in the Sody of Animals 9 It is a received opinion, i-iigawiniu that an Fllrich can as well digelt as (wallow Iron, which I cannot approve fifffif'lfzflc‘l as rational, becanfe lron is a {olide and compact Body, whole integrals :jy'ggjfjjdfm are lo clolil , united, that they cannot be levered by the faint Heat, and the mtyrsumn‘ too low Ferments oi. the Stomach, to make impreflions in lo hard and dry 3. m" h Body as Iron, which being compolixl of. few Sulphureous, and molt fixed Sm line and Earthy parts, not diluted with any Liquor, cannot admitany Concoéiion by the too too mild Fermentation of the Ventricle, acted with felt and delicate Salts, wholly unfit to make a. fepatation of the ftubborn parts of Iron, which requirethVitriolick, Arrnoniaclt, and other corrolive Salts, to open the cornpaé} Bodies oFthis and other Mines. Geliierus Libra tertio dc Hifloria animalium, dc Strut/Jiommelo, caput [mic aliti cxigmtm, cerebrum fer: nulltmz : bim‘ abfq; (leleélit quicquial tetigerir, worar, Enron, flrrum, lrzpitlcr, rt/cmm [me iiztoncoéla, «'9» integra in eju: wentrieula mauent, @finimizz fuerint, tandem animal ad mortcm, aut ttzbcm dedltamt, Mt in (liflcé-lir alzparnir. fl/(IIV‘ULIHEIIM confirmeth our Opinion, that an Eltricli cannot digefi Iron, but alter tome llay in his Body, expelleth it through the Stomach, and Intefiines, and at hit out of the Body by the Anus. Air ills, ego Strut/Jionem, ferrci fruflulaflnm tritlcnti (102711, (lcglmirc obferwaoi, fed {lute inc'otzwf'la rurfitr ex- ccrncrc. Prepared Powders, and Salts of Steel, are ptefcribed upon good'grounds 13:23??? to Hyppocondriacal, and Scorburick Patrons, as mol't proper Medicrnes, [16- 21:55:32," cattle corrofive Salts do precipitate the Acide Juyces of the Body, and Juyccs ofth: thereupon receive forne alteration in the Stomach 5 but by reafon Minerals, Body, though prepared by Art, being ofa dry and different nature from Animals, canno way be fo Concoéted by the Ferments of the Stomach, as to be turned into laudable Aliment. A Learned Man is of an opinion, Gold may receive fuch great impreflions 0F the Stomacick Fermenrs, that it may be digelted in the carnous Stomachs 0f Fowle 3 and Upon this account, Wendclerw frripfit ad Sennertltm, qmdfna experimento in Gallimz, mi anti film per m‘enfi'm deworizlnda, in pefiore [linear pure aurear, gm]? 4!) artifice indnt‘flzu, obfc‘rwaryit 5 fit widen tfl in [rho ale tone fenfit, (9v allflenfu Clymiwmm cum Ari/foreleg @« Galena. But |