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Show ./ no.1. 0f the manner of Alli/€1.47 zl/Iotiwz. ‘hap. K V l. 0/ [/76 manner of jl/[Iifm/dr Jlfotiwz. lo 5 continually impelled out of the Bellows, to pals according to his pleafiire, into this and that Pipe, which he commandeth by prefiing down the keys ltisn' U relia) C "5 ' I " . I humbly conceive the quick motion of' Ammal rpiiits, are better and lunar more kindly {haddoW‘CcL by Irradiations , and ditFulion of the beams of 1"" with his Fingers, and opening the Valves append-ant to the Keys; and ac- cording to this phancy, peculiar Filaments (hould be communicated from the Brain (when the operations of the Soul are moi} eminently celebrated) to every Valve of the Nerves, opened and {hut according to the Com- linht the litter and folter Dartings, and more fubtle inlinuations of Spi- tinnitus: b ' , ‘ mme 'ythe rituous Particles, into the fecret Recelles of the Nerves, and Carnous and "woman magma Mufcles, the on‘of coritraé‘ti Tendinou: Fibres, producing the vifible . . . moth F ai'tlv, 'l he mofi probable opinioni asI filppoie) is that, which is 1110": mands of the Will. rhi- opinion This opinion, fuppofing the motion of particular i‘vlufcles, to. be de. {nirablclto the Articheé‘ture of the Mulcles, as it holdeth an entereourle with the 1110?: eminent feat of the Soul, where the nobler Operations oi it are 35£"‘v§ii3;s termined by the opening and (hurting of Nervous Valves, is built upon iswncrarym the flux and reflux of the Animal Spirits, from, and to the Brain and give their commands by the quick infinuations of fiibtle Particles, by the fink Spinal l‘viarrow, which feemeth very improbable; feeing that ( which produceth the various determination of fingle Mul‘cles, and in a moment of time, openeth and 1hutteth the Valves in the different contrafiions of feve- ral machines of Motion) cannot be caufed by the incer influx of Spirits, which can only open the Valves, and there can be no reflux of Spirits; which, when they are once entred into the Nerves, they cannot be recailed by the power of the Will. The Nerves Secondly, This new ingenious Contrivance is founded upon Valvusof {Tgf'ii‘fg‘ffnjg the Nerves, which ought to have manifefi Cavities, as in Lymphxduéts and $11,331]; °f Veins, elfe they are no Ways capable of them; but the Nerves cannot be truly fiiled Tubes, as having no manil‘efl Cavities, being only divifible into Fibres confifiing of long Filaments; as it appeareth in the Nerves being diffefied longways, or not cut through in the Curing of the wounded Fi- laments, about the breadth ofa Hand, do feparare themfelves with great pain, from thofe, that are uncut, and the Cure being performed, the Nerve celebrateth its Office as before. And if ina raw or boiled Nerve, Incifion being made into the inmol't Recefies of the Nerve, no fuch Valves can be difcerned by a moft diligent lnfpeétion, and no Cavities can be perceived, but only the {uhftance of the Nerve to be made up of many Filaments, one couched within anot er. U,/,,1,,,,h;, celebrated in the Brain, and its continuation, the Medal/a Spizmlir; which inediation of Nerves, into the Mufcles of the whole Body, which are di- fgolhd with inbred Inclinations (proceeding from their natural Ingeny) iiiofi readily to receive liich impreflions, as {hall be communicated from A the \Vill. Every Mul‘cle naturally contraétetli himfelt from an innate Princrple, fit'uryaiiiféi: which is mofl coni‘pieuous in thele Infiances: If you part the Head. of the. Prlarttgpiligim- _ _ . > . . c , i i-irtg MulL‘lC from the Bone to which it IS affixed, it retrafteth it [elf immedi- hisowiidi. atelv toward its Termination: And if you cut the Tail of the Mulcle, it [Pm [hrinketh it {elf up toward the Head; and if you cut the Mufcle in both Extreainiries, and part them from the Bones to which they adhere, the Head and Tail will tend both toward the middle of the Mufcle. W'hereupon every Mufcle naturally endeavoureth to contraét it felf to Themmionof every Mulclc the utmofi, which it would more vigoroufly accomplilh to a greater de- iigiimtiei,by . . . . n g. gree, did it not receive oppofition from an Antagonift Mufcle, which maritime; ' 4 ~ "hence ro~ ac'hng in a contrary motion, do reduce each other to a kind of Equrh» "with?" briuin,and by equally balancing each others contraélion, do bring themfelves Ziniiiiiizfon to a Tonick Motion , wherein both are kept upon an equal fireeh', as it appeareth in the Flexors, and Tenfors of the limbs, and the Pronators, and Supinarors of the Radius, the external and internal lntercofia‘ls, the Dilators, and Confirié‘tors of the Thorax, in order to Infpiration and Expiration. Learned Git/finality, laboureth to folve the Phaenomena of Mufcular Mo. $33,323,} tion, in refpeét ofits aaive Principles, and greatQiicknefs, by ailerting the aricrymwrw Soul (the principal caufe from whence it floweth) to be of a fiery nature, hurrying up and down the Mufcular parts, with great agitation of Spirits, refembling the violent motion of a Bullet, pr0pelled out of the Bore of a Gun by fierd Gun-powder; as it is in his Works , (ID/wine Srfliom' Terrie, Libra undetimo, capite prim), wit illn, fen robur, qua 77012 mode [Im- (binm ant crur, fed tom etiam animalis Ilfacbimz, woe/elm, rtgitur, aim/lint), tmmfi'rtur, fed ad [MC quay; primum facit , male/ii minim dfliu..€ Igllfll, (lime tameifi fit Flammrrla pcrtenm'a, fui tame" MUM/irate idem proporti m pmflare imm Corp»: ‘Udledt, quodflammula ex 7'ul'z/ere pyria inn-a tonne/Hum bc/[iiliim dam mmmodo Globum, tanto propellit impetu, fed timm etiam oi {lane/[it tom/11 Mackinaw, ('9- idem proportione intelligi pate/i, ale ea vi 7114' cx (rim, multip/itamq; agitatione Spiriruum coneipi infra C‘orpmpoflit. This opinion whichI beg this great Author's pardon) is hardly reconcileable to ( for found V Realon, that there {hould be fuch difagreeing Principles (as learned D03" iioiiiiliioiiio' W111i: would have too) as Niter and Sulphur, fuch trotrlilefome Guefisi med byEx- foreibly working in the tender Nerves making fuch horrid Tumults, and zyimpmm. violent agitationsin Genere Nerwjb, in their natural Afiions, as to refemble fired Gun-powder. °' ylofion, isvt- I ~‘ . The Antagonifl Mufcles being f0 many Champions of the Body, contending with each other in oppofite Motions, and being naturally equal in "comm firength, neither of them prove Viéiors, but fit down Qafi partita Viéiorizx. mg,:"filfgc So that the Antagonifi Mufcles, {everal ways contracting themfelves, do iii-xiii?" neither much bend or extend the Limbs, but contain them in a middle Po~ middle pofiti- flure, called a kind of Refl, in a moderate tenfenefs of the Mufcles, pro- :Si'tfci‘glg. cetding from the influx of" the Animal Spirits, equally difiributed into the iiiiiiaiirto Nerves, and Carnous Fibres from the Brain, and Spinal Marrow, and thence tbs urmofl- diliribnted into the Tendinous Fibres of fpecial Mufcles,which being afterward morehighly Invigorated, do overpower the Antagonif‘ts, as being Relaxed; "Emmoand the others gain the liberty to contract theiiifelves to the utmofl', as afied nifi Multlcs \ u i . - u . . a . . I: c hya greater proportion of Animal Spirits, darted into them : As for infiance, $335,: The Flexors relaxing the Terribrs, do bend that part of the Limbs to which "my" "a" l with greatfet tiey are appendaut. ‘ appulllx o . . ‘ thcénzm" And ContrartWiiC, the Extenfors receivmg a greater appulfe of the Animal Sim-rs. Spirits, caufc‘ the Flexors' to give - ' f‘ ' ‘ ' the moms] The enerai way, and by Exteniion do firaighten om", imb . underrlaniling ' _ . . , . . . . caul'cthaninMan b61119: ambitious of l-lappinefs, is coufigned to it by the Wife di- digmnqm fpofal of an Omnipotent Agent, by whom heis endowed with a Perceptive Emma‘s: Power ( to know Good in a general notion ,, which leaveth him indifl‘e; dicrxiliihiclffr tent to Act, or not to Act) and a Practical Judgment, which direéteth floatinqlnrea I? f his "OI Cil- |
