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Show 4. I 8 The Spleen of Fif/J, and other flnimalr. Book I. Part-1T1: "5.5%an This Bowel in a Bafc, is endued with a narrow Oblong Figure +) and i hath its Origination 'l- fomewhat larger in Dimenfions, then the Termination, 11"., .. which is made in an obtufe Cone +5 and is aflixed all along to the liirface of the Stomach. \ The Spleen of a Gudgeon, is hued with a dark Red colour, and endued : 52ft". with a Pyramidal Figure 'l- 3 its Bafe being placed in its beginning, and its Cone in the Termination. 32%;??? This Intral in a Filh, called by the Latina, Afillm Vim/cam, is coated refrain. with a deep Red, inclining to a Purple Colour, and is adorned with a C0. ""1""- nick Figure, as beginning and ending in Cones +. Thcsrlrfflsf The Spleen in a Crocodile, ( as Learned Barricliz'm hath obferved) is Book I. Part I I I. The Spleen of Fi/h, and other Animals. Many famous Phylicians are of an opinion, that the Spleen is an Elabora- 7'" 3pm" tory of Blood, as well as the Liver: Whereupon Ariflotlc, and his Followers g3£1h2é§2 have made the Spleen its Deputy, when the difaffeéied Liver is nor able to SQAEEFECZL. erform its office of Sanguification. And thefe Authors do farther aflirm, That °"‘ the Spleen doth make Blood our of the more warty and freculent Chyle. Which feemcth very unrcafonable, becaufe no Laeteal Vellels can be difcovered, that import Milky Liquor into the Spleen 3 and upon a fuppolition there were any fuch Vellels, that did infert themfelves into the Parenchyma ofit, yet it could not be evinced, that the fubl'tance of the Spleen could jullly claim a Sanguifying Power, which is only leated in the Blood it felf, Blood we, as only having a faculty, aflimilating Chyle into its own nature, which pro- "WWW ceedeth froml ocal Morion, and by the Pulfatiou of the Heart and Arteries, acmwimi coated with Sables, as being hued with a black aray, and is adorned with a Pear-like Figure, having its fituation near the Stomach, to which the VM breaking the Chyme (embodied with the Blood) into fmall Particles, Bree/e maketh a near approach, but doth not enter into its Cavity. which give the Chyme an advantage to be farther improved by the Fermentation of the Vital liquor, as endued with contrary Elements, thereby rai- Egglfliffic'f The Spleen of a Salamander, hath (as 711(0be hath difcovered) an Oblong Figure, and is hued with a deep Red colour. And new, I have prefented you with diverfity of Spleens, relating to Man, Beafis, Birds, and Fifli, wherein we have had a pleafant Profpeét, how Nature hath painted this noble Bowel with fevcral Colours of bright and deep Bed, of Purple and Blackilh, as fo many changes of R‘ayments, fing an EH‘ervefcence, productive of the aflimilation of Chyme into Blood, which is carried out of the Heart through the common and defcen‘dent Trunk of the Aorta, and Catliac Arteries (as a Branch of it ) into the fubftance of the Glands relating to the Spleen, to receive a farther refinement; of which I intend to give a. fuller account hereafter. Divers Antient and Modern Profeflors of our Art, do confign another ufe have Th"""‘"" though: clothing this choice part ; and hath beautified it with variety of Magnitudes and Figures, (as {'0 many different Fafhions) fome Circular, others Semicircular, fome Triangular, others Pyramidal, fome Oblong, and orhersOr- to the Spleen, to inject an Acid juice by the VM Bree/e into the Stomach, :h"§PlF=n :0 to raife its Appetite, and to give it a power of concoéling Aliment, as a (fifitfl‘hsihfo bicular, which fpeak the great Power and Wifdom of the Grand Architect, and do give us the advantage of paying our duty of Adoration and Eucha- Circulation of Blood, which is imported into all parts of the Body by Ar- figffchfl‘ rilt, to the Omnipotent Creator, who in his infinite Goodnefs, hath made Man the Lord of the Creatures, our Bodies the Mailer-piece and Standard of all other Animals; Whofe parts of Body are receptive of greater or lefs perfection, as they hold more or lefs Analogy with ours: And out of his tranfcendeut Love, hath Created our Souls ( Particles of His own Divine Image) Temples of his Graces here, and of his Glories hereafter. I‘thIands 41y In Man thefe Glands are difeovered with greater difficulty, then in Bruits, apfim‘mmt. and grow more evident in unhealthy Couftitutions, wherein the ill, and i i 1 grofs Recrcmenrs are flagnant in the Pareuchyma of the Glands, as being Srlwm not readily entertained into the Extreamities of the Veins; whereupon the fiibfiance of the Glands being Tumified, they appear very fair, in the man- Ferment. This Opinion Oppofeth the [Economy of Nature, in point of the $3,313"! teries, and not by Veins; to that the VM Bree/c being a Vein, cannot tranf- Law of Cirmitan Acid Liquor into the Stomach, but cxporteth Blood from the Ventri- f?l2‘1‘3"1§§"' cle, and difpenfeth it firft into the Splenick Branch, and afterward into the 31°" Porm, and thence into the Liver. Thus having given an account of divers Opinions, concerning the ufe of the Spleen, which I have endeavoured to make appear to be inconfiltent with the nature and l'trué‘turc of the Spleen, I {hall now take the freedom to fpeak my Sentiments, to (how in fome manner, what is the defign of Natrue to make the Spleen, which without doubt is a part of great ufe, as it is an aggregate body, made up of many Arteries, Veins, Nerves, Fibres, Lym~ pharduc‘ts, lVlembranous Cells, and Glands. . The Blood ( being the Fountain of Life, and the fub}e& matter out of ner of Globules, enlarging the body of the Spleen. arcsiflcoi Great Galen, and his Followers, afiign this ufe to the Spleen, conceiving cannotbt -l . . , . of it to attract the grofs and melanchohck part of the Chyle, by the Splenick ‘, 3ranch into the Spleen, to give a reception after the manner of the Bladder of Call, or Choledoch Duc‘t in the Liver: Which feemeth very improbable, by reafon the Spleen is dellitute of any large Cavity, or Receptacle of grofs Excrements, and hath no Excretory Duets to difcharge it according to 1 .6 - the late moft Learned Anatomil‘ts, except Marc/Jeni ( as it is written from Austrisamt- Rome, mentioned in the Journal (It SM‘ZMIIS, the 8th of 742mm"), 82.) who iéiiaiitititii: hath difcovered a pafiage going from the Spleen to the fizwdemtm, which I hi'iiiiiiihim lhould deem my felf very happy to fee, as of great importance to underltand the ufe of the Spleen: And to this end we will ufe our utmof't endeavours at our frequent Diilefiions in the Colledg Theatre, to make good this new difcovery of Ingenious Marthetti, an expert Anatomift in my time at Palm, ' an ekcellent Univerfity to Educate young Phylicians, in order to the P228? cal part of our Art. r7" which the Nervous Liquor is produced) is impelled out of the defcendent Trunk of the Aorta and Caeliac Artery, into the fubll‘ance of the Glands, appendant in clul'tcrs to the Extreamities of the numerous Arterial Divarica- tions of the Spleen ; whereupon the Vital Liquor may be readily conveyed by the terminations of Arteries, into the Pareuchyma of the adjacent Glands, wherein the impure parts of the Blood are feparated from the more pure; which are entertained firll into the Roots of the Splenick Vein, and afterward conveyed by greater Branches, terminating into the (Pam; and the Recremcnts fevered from the Blood, are conveyed by the Lymphatduéts ( arifing out of the Conglobated Glands of the Spleen) pafling through the Canl into the common Receptacle. In order to aflign another ufe to the Spleen, much depending upon the Nerves, I conceive it convenient to give fome account of them, (as they every where accompany the Arteries according to their numerous Divaricai trons |
