Systeme of anatomy, treating of the body of man, beasts, birds, fish, insects and plants

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Of {/16 [gimme Faculty oft/10 gm. 300171. Part 11. Bool; I. Part I I; 0f the Expulfloc Faculty of the l/ 1m. Fibres, fuccellively playing in various lntcftines; f0 that while fome :16}, Others repofe themfelves, beingnot all concerned in action at the fame time, . except in violent and irregular Motions of the Cuts in great Diarrbm'r, 7) firmer/kw, and in mofl {trong Purgations, made by veneuate and ill prepared Drugs and Minerals, commonly given by Empyricks, which often prove fatal-rt) the Patient. But the natural Motion of the Inteftines, is accompliihed by foft and genon 3 tle Contractions, of the Right and Circular Fibres 3 the firft contrafiing if: , every lltlz‘ longnvays, do narrow the Cuts in length7 and the other Fibres F tranfvt-illy and round, do by degrees trial-Le leis and leis Circles, and draw the inlide of the Guts nearer and nearer together; and by confequence, the Motion beginning and continuing above the Contents, doth prefs them far- thcr and farther from the Origen of the Guts, from one part to another, till Fm" thev arrive the Termination, and to are thrown out of the Confines of the Body, and thereby giveth it Eafe and Repofe. if any curious Perfon {hall defire to be finished, how this Periltaltick M041 Tm mm " ' tion oftne lnteftincs l) ell'eéiedd {hall malte hold to fpeal; my mean Sentiments n," of it, humbly conceiving, that the reliques of the Chyle growing troublefoine, do gently fli‘wc offence to the Nervous Filaments of the inward Coat, , which firlt receive the appulfes of the Contents, and afterward impart them to the Carnous Fibres, which then contract and lefleii the Cavity of the Intellines, and fqueefe the purer part of the Chyle into the Extreami' ,. ties of the neighbouring Laé'teal Veilels: VVhereupon the reliques being ‘- rendred deititute of the foft Milky parts, grow more offenfive, and make it.1. it more harfh {irokes upon the Nervous Fibrils, which firit take the Alarm, and than fummon the Carnous Fibres into action, which by more vigorous contractions, do more and more narrow the Circumference of the lntefi‘incs, and protrude the ufelcfs Excrements from part to part. The Periftaltick Motion, is very much promoted by {harp Humours, by the Sulphureous and Saline Particles of the Bile, and Pancreaticlr liquor, derived from the Liver, and Pancreas, by divers Excretory Vellt-ls into the WM," ..- Guts 5 wherein the more ufeful and foft parts being allociated with the crude yfiijSJjg' Aliment, in order to a farther Elaboration , the more {harp do mix with .1r- and then and do irritate firfl the Nervous, Gu'sto mil the efote parts. of Nourilhment, ‘ . Ercrcmmrt. ' the Carnous Fibres to action, whereby they throw the grols Freces from one Rage of the Cuts to the other, till at bill they quite exclude them theutmoft limits of the Body. Thtmannt Having Treated of Natural Evacuations, produced by the Perifialtick rfi‘fslff‘lffii}c. Motion of the lutefiines, it may feem not out of Courfe, to fpeak fomewhat of Artificial, commonly called Purgation, produced by Medicines; which being fitft received into the Stomach, are acted by its divers Fer- the Duotlemm, and upper part of the 7ujmumz, and Colon, and by the lipet Mefenterick Artery into the jejunum, Hem, and thtt part of the Calm which is feared in the right fide, and by the lower Mefentcrick Artery intd the Colon (lodged in the left fide) and into all parts 0* the lure/imam Reélimz: to that the Blood being highly aéled wi:h Fennenia'ive parts (derived for Purgatives) is brought by various Artei'irs into Glandulous fub{hince of the Cuts, where fome of the ferous parts are fecernqd from the red Craliament, and tranfmitted through the fecret Cavities of the inward Coat, into the greater channel of the Intcltines; whereupon the Nervous Filaments being firi‘t aggrieved by the {harp ferous Recrements of the Blood, ( rendred more pungent by Purgative qualities of lVlc-dicines) do afterward draw the right and circular Carnous Fibres into brisk Contractions, to quit the Guts from the trouble of their contents, as f0 many molt vexatious Enemies, to gain their freedom and quiet. Catharticlts do not only afl‘ea: the Blood at a diltance, but alfo the Villous Purgativss do Coat, and Nervous Filaments, which do immediately diflurb them with $253653. troublefoine fiioaks, proceeding from the pungent particles of Purgatives, $213232?" veilicating the. inward Coat of the Stomach, as a tender Compage befet with Nervous Fibritsj which being gauled with fretting Medici cs, do fpue out Serous Liquor out of the Excretory Ducts, derived from the Glands of the lnteftines. The PurgatiV‘e Extract of Medicines, firlt produced by the Ferments of Thtreafon the S'OI‘J‘Cl‘.) :., d afterward imparted to the lntefltines, doth highly difcom- 333533312 pole the Nervous and Carnous Fibres 3 by reafon the Animal Spirits aé‘tua- $21,523:? ting the Nervous Liquor, as Very much enraged, and give a mofl: trouble- Effigy my" fome fenfation to the inward Coat of the Guts, finely drefTed With Fibrils, Duéis, with a kind of Convulfive Motions, malti'ig them difgorge their Pancreatick and Bilious Recremcnts, into the larger Receptacle of the In. tefiines. And not only the Faces of the Blood, fevered from it in the Glands of the Liver and Pancreas, are thrown into the Guts, by vertue of'the Corrugation of the Nervous and Carnous Fibres, but alfo the Extreamities of the Arteries, and Excretory Ve{fels, belonging to the Glands, are opened by the {harp and aperient qualities of the Purgatives, unlocking the fecret Pores of the inward Coat of the Intellines, lined with a Mucous lVlatter, ( as Tthucuus a Defenfittive againft the affaults of {harp Humours) which is feraped off gift: ffesiiif by the chanting quality of Purgatives, leaving the V‘efl‘els of the Intef'tines $4,32pr bare, and expofed to the hatfh, and fometimes venenate qualities of raking Medicines, which do force open the Terminations bf Arteries with fuch ments, aflil'ted with the natural heat of the Stomach, flowing from its Blood, and the ambient heat of the Neighbouring parts; whereupon the molt violence, that they caufe them fometimes to fpue out meet Blood, into the active and Volatil parts of the Medicines are extraéied, and mix with the mon Receptacle, and from thence through the Thoracic Duets, into the If any Pcrfon {hall demand the Heafon', why fometimes in the Working of Pliyficlt, Patients have reft and cafe for {ome time, and then pains and d'ifcompofure of the Bowels enfue: Whichl conccive, arifeth from the Operation of the Purgatives, which embodying with the Blood, do impart to Subclavian Veins, where it adociates with the Blood, carried by the Cztw t Heterogeneous Fermentative Particles, putting the Vital Liquor Upon a into the right Ventricle of the Heart, where it malteth a Fermentation,which l‘CfthGntatioh; whereupon the compage of the Blood being opened, it is Chyle, or fome potulent parts, a Vehicle, the better to convey it to the Guts, where it is received into the Laéteal Velfels, and carried into the com- Cavity of the Intef'cines. V is more highly exalted afterward in the Lungs and left Ventricle, from whence tranlmitted by proper Veffels to the Glands of the Cuts, in which a Secre- the Blood influenced with Medicinal Vertues, is impelled into the common and defcendent Trunk of the Aorta, and afterward by the Caeliack Artery into tion is made of fuch Humours, which are for the Prefcnt offenfive to the the . and afteward affect the Excretory Vefléls of tbf' Pancreas and Hepatick Blood, and difcharged into the lntefiines, which contract their Carnous FibrCS, and expel the Humours, whereupon enfueth a calm in the Guts, till a Cc cc c new T???" hwa'vycffctiiilcii: Siikiigtohf "NM"