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Show Xviii The PREFACE. The PREFACE. Semi-7; (injected into the 1VMina vim) afcending the 5de of the Womb, ind deferent Veilcls into the next Velicle, the "it‘ll Liquor is impelled up and down the Sanguit‘lue‘s, for its refinement ; and the Lungs, (Madrifle, and iiitcrcoital M Lila/Claw) are Organs of Refpn‘ation, fanning the flame oFLife, and CXlitlllg the generous Liquor of Blood by the nitrous, and eiaiticlt Particles of Air. The Thoracick Duct cometh from the upper region of the Th; Tho. common receptacle, as a round Tube, and is covered with a if:31le? thin tranfparent Membrane, and enclofed with the (ID/mm about "WW"! the middle of the Spine, upon which it i‘elteth, and afterward 1351?;in which being impregnated, is eicircled with a glandulous fill)» fiance, which parteth the impregnated ng from the other, and ti‘anli‘nits it firlt into the I‘lmbrifl, and defei‘ent Veflcl, and afterward into tl e bofom of the VVomb, where it is nourilhed and cherilhed, till it arriveth to the due perfection of all parts relating to a Penn. . ‘ The comThe middle Apartiment of l‘v'lan's Body, is encompafletl £23331???_ with the common litteguments, as {o many hne enclolures, be, 223.2%? fCt with numerous lf‘ibi:1lS, curioufly interwoven, and 15 107111111» is reflected toward the right tide of the Artery, and then buii.‘ afcendeth farther under the great Artery 5 and about the fifth and fixth Verteber of the Back doth bend toward the Left. tide, and below the intercoltal Arteries and Veins, doth climb under the '/' [mm and 7'13};th to the Left fubclavian Vein, into which it dilchargeth the Chyle, which allociates with the Thecrm- £3551": red more inwardly behind With the/lla/cti/m [affinity Hat/f. Apattimcnt The [Wu/will (Hail/arm, Rhombom'er, Scrmn mm; mummy, the Scrmti [Jo/lid, and with part of the Longftimz' dorfl, and Same/[mentor (the Tenfors of the Back) as allo with the Spar, nufiz'mti wimp/0x1", &c. and this Apartinient is guarded before with the pectoral Mulcles, the Sit/admit. Triangtihrer, and on Blood, and is carried by the Venn Cam into the Heart, adorn; Stiff ed with a pyramidal Figure, and confif‘teth of various parts, Auricles , Valves, Ventricles, variety of Veflels, Arteries, the tides with the interco/Za/cr cxtmzi, ON z'ntcrni. This rare Story ( being beautified with excellent Houlholdf'tufl‘) is for, Veins and Ne: ves, tendinous,and carnous Fibres (embroidering titled before with the Bones of the Sterne", as with a Breath the Ventricles within) and the Coronary Arteries and Veins enamel the flirface of the Heart. The Auricles (of which one is feated in the right fide by plate, and encircled on each fide with Twelve Ribs, as [0 ma, ny bony Arches, conjoyned behind to Twelve Vertebers of the Back, making a fair Colume, curionfly Wrought with fine carved work of acute, tranfverfe and oblique Proceffeg (as the various Centers of motion) into which great variety of Mufcles are implanted. OTfl‘fixgfifd This nolile Apartiment hath its infide adorned with the (instant choice Hangings ofthe ‘P/cunz, and Medial'tine, Contextures of mm numerous Fibrils ( running in various pofitions) finely inter; woven with each other, making a foft l\/lembrane to guard the tender‘Compages of the Lungs and Heart, from grating againlt the more hard fubltaiice of the Ribs and Vel‘tebers of the Back. 'Tis floored below with the arch of the Mitit‘ille, and See], ed above with the highelt Ribs, and the Clavicles; and witlp in the Cavity of this Apartiment, is placed the noble Furni, ture of the Thoracick Duets , and Blood/vellels, and of the liturm ‘ D_i_°i,or (3' i '1" Heart and Lungs, as in a lafe allodgment. The Utenlils of this Apartiment, are the Thoracick Duets, the COllLlUlr/PIPCS of Chyle, and the afcendent and (lelcen, r Dillill mus dent Trunks of the dorm and Vein Cam, the greater Chana tiers of Blood 5 and the Heart is an Engine of motion, by which the xix l the (am, and the other in the Left by the pulmonary Vein) are furnilhed with numerous oblique Fibres, which diverlel contract the right and left Auricle, thereby immediatly impel; ling the Blood into bath 5mm, whole Fibres being irritated by the quantity and heat of the vital Liquor, do draw thofe of the Venn :cles into confent. The Valves (called Trictypider by the Antients) are feated E‘ifiiiléf‘: round the Orifice of the Venn Cam, in the right Ventricle, and dalm- are not end LLCd with a triangular or tricufpidal Form, as it hath been formerly imagined ; they are thin Membranes, interwoven above and below with many Ligaments, which erminate into a few more large Cords, inlérted for the molt part into the Septum, adjoyning to the right Ventricle, and veg ry few of them are implanted into the infide of the Wall bea longing to it ; tliele Valves check the motion of the Blood out» of the right Ventricle into the Venn Cam. . The Valves called Semi/annex ( refembling great C C ) are The Valiufeated near the Orifice of the pulmonary Artery, to intercept 5,37%" the current 0? Blood out of the Lungs, into the right chamber ofthe Heart. The |