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Show Book I. Part III. +73 Book I. Part III. C HAP. Bari/Jolinc, hath afligned thefe Glands to be Receptacles of Atribilarian W'M'im's Humonrs, which being accidental, and unnatural, cannot be entertained by hiariisihc Natul‘C into Cavities; which are found in thefe Glands appertaining to Healthy psi-(om, who have no ufe of them, as not being afl‘eé'ted with thefe grofé XXI. 0f t/Jo (florid; loaning upon the Kit/mgr. Humours, found only in ill habits of Body. A Learned Phyfician is of an opinion, That the Flex of Nerves, doth The {stand import a large . proportion. of .Sumo: Nutririm, into the fubftance of thefe "M"hm" cm Nutritim, G] H5;); l. r"1,5,, ‘ i . He) Grands confining on the Kidneys, are therefore called by Learned bwm Barr/1010mm»: Enflucbim ( the firll difcoverer of them ) Clandulx Re. nibm Incxmzlrcntor: By ‘Bdrlljfllillc, Capfulre Atmlrilarix: By fiiernerbroetk, Glam/rile Renal" : By Cofltrim, Rene; Surcmturiati. The feat of lh: Glands leaning on the Kirlncys. Thefe foft Glandulous bodies, are feated under the Midrzfi; looking toward the Cow, and lean on the upper region of the fat Tunicle, to which they are firmly affixed. The left Gland hath greater vicinity with the Diaphragm, and is feared fornewhar higher then the right, which is near to the Vemz Caryn: But in Bruits, they are obferved to be placed at a greater diliance from the Kidneys, by the interpolition of Far, by which they are brought nearer to the Mir/twp. The fignrc of the Rtral (Hand). Thefe Glands are adorned with variety of Figures, fometime Squarilh, Glands, wherein a Secretion is. made . of the more refined parts, from the isthe"m" 12m ‘ i . bod o leis pure, which are in fome kind fervrceable to Nature; whereupon they thcchlyandS- are difchargcd through many Pores into the Sinus, and thence tranfmitted into the Emulgent, or hollow Vein, to give a Ferment to the Blood, asI conceive, to make a Secretion of its Recrements, from the more vital parts. A fartlicrufe (as I fuppofe of thefe Glands confining on the Kidneys) may be to impart a Fermentative Liquor, flowing out of the Terminaticm of the Nerves, by fome fecret palfages (not yet difcovered) into the body of the Glands belonging to the Kidney, to difpofe the Blood in order to the the Secretion of the ferous and faline parts, from the Vital Liquor, whofe Compage may be opened, and watry Particles conveyed into the Roots of the Urinary Ducts, and from thence through the Papillary Caruncles, into' the Pelvis and Ureters. or Quadrangular, other times Triangular, and rarely Orbicular, and molt commonly they do fomewhat refemble the Kidneys in fliape 5 and are fome- times fo broad and Hattilh, that they feem after fome manner to be like the Secundine of a Woman. They have largeft Dimenfions above, and do end in a kind of a Conick Figure, and have variety of Surfaces, in fome parts C H A P. XXII. convex, and in other concave. Themagn'nnle of (he Glandscozfi. mug on the Kidneys. The coat of " tllL'lTJGisndSI Bambi)?!" is of an Opinion, that they are much greater in an Embryo, then in a Child of years, which oppofeth Autopfy, and are much larger in Animals, which exceed others in bulk; and do not decay in Perfons, attaining unto Maturity of years, and are not emaciated in Hcfiick Fevers: Of whichDoétor Wharton hath given an account, in a Child dead of a Confumption, who being Dillbé‘ted, had found andlarge Glands adjoyning to the Kidne s. ThZfe Glmds are covered with a thin Tunicle (as with a fine Veil) compofed of very fmall Filaments curioufly fpun, and palling long-ways, crofs-ways, and obliquely, are fo clofely firuck, and finely interwoven by the dextcrous hand of Nature, that the Interfiices of the Filaments, cannot be difcovercd by the quickefi Eye. They have plain Cavities (though of fmall Dimenfions) which are fcarce ‘ ' receptive of little Peas, and are 11101} confpicuous in an Embryo, whofe Sinus - are filled with a kind of black grofs Matter, huing their inward Surface. 0f the [Qt/"Ur. Aving {ht-Wed you the Compage of the Liver, as a Syf'teme compo~ H fed principally of various Veflels and Glands, the Colatories of the Blood, in reference to Bilious Particles, fecerned and tranfmitted into the Excretory Duets, relating to the Bladder of Call, and Choledoch Duct: My defign at this time, is to give a Hil‘tory of the Kidneys, as Streiners too of the Blood, which being deputated from its falt and watry parts, is conveyed through the Excretories and Papillary Caruncles, into the Pelvis and Ute ters. The Kidneys have their fituation under the Liver in the right, and Spleen ERIE???" I ‘. in the left fide, and lean in their hinder region near the Spine, on the fides ueys. of the Defcendent Trunk of the Aorta, and Alcendent of the Vemz Carla, the left Side, and into the Car/a in the right. Thefe Glandulous bodies have Arteries and Veins from the EmUIgentS) and upon the originations of the Mufculi (called "Four, by Hippocrates) un‘ der which are lodged eminent Nerves; which being compreffed by a Stone of the Kidney, a Stupor arifeth in the fame fide, by reafon the caufe of the Nervous Liquor ( infpired with Animal Spirits) is intercepted. counci‘ ' - connea‘ed to the Louis imimom" by a common Integu_ The and Dzapbragme, They are mentfpringing out of the Rim of the Belly, by the Branches of the Emul- ncys. or rather from the Trunks of the Aorta and C4714, and Nerves in each fide gent Arteries and Veins, to the Trunk of the Aorta, and Vera: Cow, and by. from the (Par Vagum, whofe Branches derived from each fide, are conjoyn' ed and make a PICK C to Which thefe Glands are Mind) and do borrow this Ureters to the Bladder: The right Kidney is tied to the, blind Gut, and now and then to the Liver 3 the left Kidney is fafined to the Spleen and Colon, from whence Nephritick pains receive an aggraVation‘fiom {lore of Excre- 1 earned Doc'tor Wharton, hath difcovered many Holes in the Cavity relating to the Glands, which I humbly conceive, are the Terminations of Vellels, coming from the fubfiance of thefe Glands, which difcharge fomc Liquor into their Cavity, which have a palfage into the Emulgent Vein: in many Fibrils from it. 7?;r!llo/in£, menrs, lodged in the Colon; and this Gut fympathizeth with the Kidney, F f ff f f when |
