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Show *- x 112} wT/ae 73min of Fifi). Book 111, , The Mca'ulla oblongata in a Cod is much akin to that of the Fireflaire and , \ vblvrww" Skait, in fubliance and colour, and IS an oblong deprefled round Body, fem. ThC fiftdullll cad. ed in the lower Region ofthe Brain, near the Bake ofthe Skull. Not far from Book ill. 77."? 58min of 51/5. I I I; Tefiiiorm or Natiiorm Procel'seS, and below with the inward row: of late- Mr. [31 {mall Procefses i", which are again immured on each lids with greater Proeefes i" , graced with an oval Figure. _ we. The optick Nerves '1' derived from the {ides of the Main/[a oblwzgam 1' HI!"- the middle of the Medulla oblongam are lodged Two oval Procelies, Which TilCNatifium may be {iyled Teitiiormes, much refembling the Tefhcles; and vaoad thofe and Pamng proper Pcrforarions of the Skull, are inferred into the infidd Fromm" Brain of a the are feared Two orbicular Protuberancies, confining on the Mada/[4 Spinalia, of E es. 53mm In the middle of theie round Prominencies runneth a long Fifiure upon the liroccilel. Medulla oblrmgam, parting theft: Proceffes in the middle; {0 that the Medulla 1173-1136231" oblaugrlm 0fa Cod hath many greater and fmaller ProceiTes growing to the Malena ail/5215"; . The upper . , it The upper Region of the Mezlulla oblongam in a Pike, is enwrapped in di- hifliiiiiih: verfe cortical Proceiles, much refembling lb many {mall Glands. #1212333}? The Mcdulla oblnngata ina Bare, being of a more folid fubflance then that iii/if" or a of the Cortex, is of a roundilh oblong Figure, and feemerh to be one entire Body, but is compofed of many fmiil Globules, difiinguilhed from each other by the interpoiition of difiiné't l‘v'iembranes, every Procefs or Globule being encircled with a peculiar Coat. And now form: Perfon may think, and not without reafon, that Ihave pur my {elf to a greater expenfe and trouble then are requifite, in givinga Hifiory of [0 many Brains -, which 1 have done to Ihew a fine profpeéi of the wondrous Works of Nature, declared in the variety of Pratt-{its (in reference to the Brain of feveral Fill!) as adorned with different (herpes, fizes, Figures, numbers, and fituations, which {peak the infinite Power and Wifdom of the Great Proroplait. $235330" Under the Skull of a Dog-Fiih (called Galaem Lace/22:) may be feet! Three forts of clammy liquor, the Firft is lodged immediately under the Skull, being thick and highly vifcidg The Second is a Crii'talline Humor, feared in the middle; And the Third Li uor is mol't glutinous grois Matter, immediately covering the Coats ell the Cerebrum, Cerebellum, and Medulla Spinalizs. The Brain of this Fiih is very remarkable, and very different From that of other Fiih, as being made of Three Apartiments, or large Proceffes , which are made of diverfe parts, the middle is adorned with a 86milunary Figure +, whole Convex iurface is fer upward, and the Concave below, encircling the upper Region of the middle Province of the Brain -, to the horns of the Semilunary Prominence, are affixed Two other Procefl'es, ( which refemble Legs) to which are appended Two Proteifes, not unlike Feet. Thefe parts, (Iconceive) are the Tba/amimm'i I, b. Nerve Jr covered with a Black Tunicle, and pafling all along the outlide ofrhe Skull, over the upper part of the Eye, (after an Inch,) is inlérred "mg"! with many Fibrils + into the upper Mandible, and aflifleth its Mufcles Hb in their Contraction, by which it is lifted up. ‘. i. T. ‘ . ‘ Théhpyfr The Brain of a Skatt being taken out of the Skull, :1 Be! «vi/lo, Olltlers) appears, :lrlittt'akflfr Mm" the Brainoro‘; ( as compofed of many ranks of Promises, to which are appendant the opticlc and olfaélory Nerves. Skull, M The Brain and Cerebellnm is framed of Five rows of Protuberances, the Firfi is made of Four Procefses, 'lwo lateral, and Two interior; the outwardi-are Graced witha kind of pyramidal Figure, the Bales adjoynina to the middle Procefses, and the Cones to the olfactory Nerves. rum optiramm. The middle flory of the Brain 1' is very prominent, and fomewhat re: fembleth in plumpnels, the Breai't of a far Child; its Convex part is r6661ved into the Concave bofom of the upper Province, and is the Medullarl' fubfiance of the Brain. The Third Province of the Brain is made of Two Procel'ses ( much leis then the other) and each of them is beautified with a Semllflfla‘l' Figure; thefe Proceises are initituted by Nature ( as I apprehend) to fupply the place of Natiform Procef'ses. The Cerebellum is compofed of diverfe ranks of Proceises, a middle, and Two lateral ones; The middle + is made up of many greater an The middle pair f are greater and longer then the lateral, and fume- ,t H. what refemble Parallelograms. The Second row 1' are endued with an oval Figure, and are much leis t u. then the Firl't i". The Third rank Jr are after a manner adorned with a pyramidal ihape. +44; M, The Fifth row 1- make the Cerebe/him, and have an oblong irregular iffa figure, as well as the tell of the Procefies. And each fide of the Procefses of the Cerebellum is encircled with Procef- .fes of irregular ihapes, not unlike Inteitines, and fornewhat refembling the Anfraéim of a Humane Brain. Beyond the Cerebellum appears the Medulla Spina/ia 1' divided into TWO "3' equal parts by the interpofition of a finall FiiTure + and each lide of the MM/nlla spiIMIi/S is garniihed with numerous Nerves Jr deriving them{elves from its inward Receiies. The uptick Nerves Jr take their rife from the Mtdulla oblongam, and arerward creep out of the Brain, and after fome {pace are inferred in[O the Eyes. The olfactory Nerves are Two pair, of which the leafi ‘i‘ feemeth to Pring out of the Second row of Proceffes (endued with an oval Figure) and after fome fpace, are inferred into the greater Trunk of the firfl: pair l"liiiiiiiie Mt, +11. 0f Olfaétoty Nerves. The greater pair of olfactory Nerves 1- do fprout our of the Apices "r mm. 0f the Hill rank of Procedes, and after an Inch or more, are branched obliquely on each fide into the numerous Fibrils 1‘ making a fine Sy- tn", em, the immediate Organ of Smelling. T 61. F. a, _ . i Th | c The lower Region of the Brain of a Skair feemeth to be compofed of aging-:1. n , {I freranks of Proceffes, and an odd one. 5.2;?) The Firfl rank + are made of Two pair of Protuberancies,endued with + M a kind of pyramidal Figure. 1er Scmilunary Procclscs, enclolEd above in the Concave Surface ofthe Tefiilorm .y u. D The Fourth row + are fomevrhat oi a triangular Figure. 7.63. FJ. "mm . Oil] eac fide of the beginning of the Medulla Spinalir, proceedeth a The |