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Show 76 Chap, X I, 0f f/JC' Membrana Adipofa, the Far Membrane. creamy part of the Susan Nutrients, it may be well reputed the ‘Ahflerid firb/h-iinz of Far, as confifting of oxlyVParticles, which though in coniaderacy with the Blood, yet they admit a lccretion from it in the glindulous fob- Ptance of the Adipofi' Membrane, Caul, and Interf'nces of the Malcles, which abound with many minute Glands 5 and I believe, there are lcarce any Mem. branes, or mulcular parts in the whole Body, which are not furmlhcd in foine degree or other with them. . K , V And although the Glands feared 111 the Liver, Splenc, Kidneys, 'and the like, are not ft‘cl‘CtOl‘it‘S okoat, but of the Recrements of Bile, Urine, and the like : And the Glands lodged in the Membram [Hiya/a,- Caul, and empty fpaccs of the Mufcles, are fit Organs to fecern the oily Particles of the Sumo Nutritiin, as having Veilels proper for it; and I do fuppofe, the many 'thm ; of Membranes, ‘ln-ClOi-‘ltig the minute globules of Fat, may iiipply the places of , ~s Cglgtorics, leeing it may be not improbable that the Sulphuieous Particles of the Alimentary Liquor, moving with the‘Vital, may be {trained through ,, WNW, the fecret paliages oi the Membranes, which may hold Analogy With the Linfhtfiiili‘ minute oilv Bodies, both in fhapc and file. And I nioft humbly conceive, that thefe Sulphureous Particles circulating m with the Blood, are no more capable to be evacuated with the ferous Recrements through the Urinary Ducts, into the Pelvis of the Kidney; then the Vital Liquor, or Succiu Nutrieinr, with which the Oily parts {the matter of Fat) are embodied, becaufe the extreamities of the Urinary Ducts, do not ra'is notgt- agree with thefe oily parts in Figure and Magnitude. And farther, This moft learned Author leeineth to reinforce his Opinion, $115,233,. by affirming that Fat is produced out of Nervous ' iquor, and no ways out W"- of parts allociating with the Blood, becaule in the Dilfsc‘tion of a dead Scorbutick Body, he difcerned many drops of Oyl lWilnniing in the Blood, which could not be the caufe of Fat, becaufe this perfon was Emaciated: To which[ take the boldnefs to reply, That thefe oily Particles floating in the Blood, were unnatural, being the produt‘} of Colliquaiion, hindring the generation of Far, made by Concretion, which cannot be accomplilhed as long as the oily parts are in motion with the Blood, whofe heat rendreth them thin and fluid. Wherefore it is neceflhry for the Sulphureous Liquor to be fevercd from the Suctur Nutricinr, accompanying the Blood, by proper Organs, which putteth the oily parts being Extravafated, into a capacity of Concretion, whence arifetli the more folid, coagulated fubftance of Fat, confifting of many finall Globuls, encircled with Concave Membranes, which are formed one after another, by a new afliux of oily parts Concreted, and conjoyned to each other, by interpofition of many thin Coats, and are primarily affixed to the flrlipofe Membrane, as to their great fupport, and common parent. This Membrane having a double furface, is faftened above to the Fat, with which it is faced, and below to the common Membrane, enwrapping ' the upper fnrface of the Mufcles appertaining to the Trunk and l iinbs, and doth inoft firmly adhere to the Spine, where it is moi} thick ; whereupon it may be thought, and not without probability, that the Adipof: Membrane doth borrow its origen from the Vertebral Nerves. This Membrane hath its Connexion, by the mediation of the Arteries, Veins, and Nerves, as alfo by numerous thin Membranes, with the Fat and Skin, lodged above it; and below it, by the interpofition of fine narrow Membranes of the common Integuments of the Mufclcs. The i Chap. X I, 0f the Membrana Adipofa, the Bit Meméra'ne; 77 The ufes of this Membrane, I conjeéture may be many firfi to confine Thwrmfmé the fluid oily Particles, the matter of Fat (until they are réceptive of Conn iii-1:234." cretion) Within their proper Banks, left it fhould be Colliquated by the motion of the neighbouring Mnfcles. Secondly, To fuppott the Vefl'els, that pals from the Membrane throug h thC Fat into the Skin, and principally the render Lymphatduéls and Vedas of the Kidney, and therefore this Membrane is hollowed with fnany minute Channels, in which the Veffels are fafely immured, and conveyed from the ‘ inward to the more ambient parts of the Body. As formerlya Phifician of Rotterdam, afligneth another ufe to this Mema brane, as a common Ciftern of ferous Recrements, or Liquor and is a StoreJ-Ioufe (as this Author aflirmeth) of a thin dewy Juice which doth difiil from thence into all the Nervous and membranous parts bf the Body and according to him, is the fource of all ferous Defluxions into the Joints, in the Gout, which feemeth fomewhat firange to me, feeing this membrane, is very thin, and hath no confpicuous Receptacles, of Serotis or Alimentary Liquor, which would be requifite, in cafe it did fupply to many parts. And again, The narrow Fibres, with which it is varioufly interwoven are to final], that they cannot admit any great quantity of Liquor, witli which (if this opinion were good) this thin Membrane mufl be found Turgid which is contrary to Experience. , This Adzprfi .Membrane being furnilhed with divers nervous Fibrils, difper- The armi'r.‘ "A"F‘i‘d‘; I‘fiflfifl; iiihiiiiiiisim The Adipore fed through the fubftance of it, is endued with exquifite fenfe, very evident "525:?an in horrors and rigors of intermittent Fevers, produced by fiery Steams breathing out of the Capillary Arteries, into the body of this Membranej where it doth vcllicate the nervous Filaments: Or elfe, I conceive theft: Convullive motionsy may proceed from the difaffeéted Nervous I:iquor illuing out of the Trunks of Nerves into Fibres, inferred into this Mem; brane, caufing {forms of irregular motions, the fore-runners of violent Heat, oa a "hm"? fiftiiiiiiig'l: fgztiiiluiirici. mm)" "f and dews of Sweat diftilling through the Excretory Ducts of the Cutaneou s $334313" Glands, freely befprinkling the fiirface of the Body. This Membrane, though in molt parts of the Body, is encompafled with 311:? rouls of Fat ; yet about the Head and Neck, it is overfpread with thin carnous Expanfions, beautified with larger divariations of Veins, and Arteries ; aid thereupon is obnoxious to diftempers of Inflammations, Apoftuines Ulcers, Gangrens, and Mortifications , An eminent Chirurgeon of Londmz, gave me 3 Relation ofa Woman that made it her trade to carry Ale from Houfe to Houfe: Who being of :5 high Plethorick Confiitution, upon fome diforder, fell into a high Inflammation of her Head and Face, f0 that the Membramz Canto 4' ( for f0 it may be filled in thcfc parts) being firfl: gently Tumified, did afterward Gangrene and Mortifie; which Iconceive proceeded upon this account. Alarge proportion of Blood being tranfmitted by the external Carotide s into the lubltance of this catnous Membrane, was then lodged in ft) great: a fource, that the minute extreamities of the Jugulars could not receive it f0 that the chrifialline part of the Blood, or rather the Succur Nutririm be: 111g turned into purulent Matter, produced an Abfcefs, whofe corrofiv ubflance, tending to the ambient parts of the Head, at laft breaketh e the tion A" mam"; at the Skins and maketh an, Ulcer; which not running freely, did not fufliciently "WW i reath the part, b‘y not d'f l ' ' f ' iciarging it 0 Its burden, which ' was caufed b M215. "Minn!" pf" {0 great an accumulation of Blood, fiagnating in the Body'of the Membra ccc mg mm m tity zlarscquau- of cxtrzn Camofiz. ‘ "mammal; Y Whence |
