Systeme of anatomy, treating of the body of man, beasts, birds, fish, insects and plants

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Of: ll/imz' l/jC ground if 1. Vjiiywzi/ir (Chap. X. X l X" ' . ,.. : ' . . . So that this troublcfome Inmate7 highly perveting tnc Otconomy of Na- ' tnrc, is chiefly deduced from an ill fermentation ol' the Vital Liquor, conliliing of l-letcrogeneous Elements, which are of lo contriry .1 dilpolition, that ihcy cannot be reduced to :1 Similar temper, whence pi'oeeedeth an Elli'i‘rt‘li‘enc‘e or. (lit; Blood 3 which having, a recourlc to the f‘tolnach,dcpraverl1 the l'ernicnt of it: And by realon of this irregular heat, and Serous and l"-ervons l iqiior, the Compngc of the Meat and Drinlt is not duly opened, \‘ hence mile troublelome \‘apours; which being lublimed by the extravagmr heat oil the Stomach, are turned into a Flatus, railing Tumults in all parts in which it is enelozlired. Thcprogrcl's u: \I\ in l llOl‘fl 1min) pan. ‘ . V Thus the h'laterial and Ellicicnt Caufcs, and differences of Wind, being preiiiiled a: Ambulatory to a 'Iympzmz'lir; now! will make the bePt Info. rences I can in order to it. The Irlfltllfi being generated in the Ventricle, by a dillempered hear, and ill Ferments, the Efficient Caules, working upon Chyle ( as a remote Catife) and by \ npours, as the more immediate Matcria S‘zilijirzzia, which palleth lirll Ullt‘ orthc Stomach, into the Iiiteflines, as allociated With an indigel‘red Chyle, find is thence conveyed through the Thoracic Duc'tsgnd the SUlJClllVlilll Veins, and Cava, into the right Chamber of the Heart, and afterward through the Lungs by the Pulmonary Vellels7 into the left Ciliern and into the common and iielci-ndenr Trnnlt of the Aurra, and from thence the Flatus accompanying the warty Particles of the Blood, infinuateth it {elf through the Ti rminations ol‘ the l‘V'lL'R‘lltCl'lC and Caliac Arteries, into the Cavity of the Abdomen, mgrvpon its Membranous parts are blown up, and tnlaiged by great rings of warty Humours and Wind, the mod received continent crude» oi a Tympanilir. This Diliule is not attended with any extraordinary Pain, but with an Ilnealinclit proceeding from a Flatus, taking its rile ti'om warty Vapours, mixing with it; which being ofa loft Emollient temper, do diliend the i‘vlembixmous parts, without any great difiurbance. lli a leiiilpanirit did receive its production from a high and confirmmatcd lilatns, arilinn out of Volatil, Saline, and Sulphureous Atomes, it would tunic great Storms, and violent Tenlions, flowing from Elallic refilels Particles, which have :1 bulllingreli‘ac'tory dilpofition, highly refilling and afflicting minim is in mi hr its loft Membranous Boundaries, very confpicnous in flatulent dil1 orders of the Stomach, lntel'tines, and Hypocondres; but thefe torminous Pains Ofll/z'ml t/ac ground cf 4 Tympanim. 177 This worthy Author, bacltcth his Hypothelis with an Anatomi cal Oblervation, in the Diflcétion of a living Animal, in which the Neck was opened, and a Ligature made upon the eight pair of Nerves, delcending on each {idc of the Neck, whence immediately followed a Swelling of the \‘VllOlC Stomach, as blown up with Wind, which proceeded from Animal Spirits reliding in the Fibres of the Ventricle; and being parted from their origcn, did move in great Confulion, pufling up the Nervous Filaments of \Vhereupon to confirm his Allertion,he reciteth a Hiliory out of Smetim, A {huge Him of a young Man labouring with a 'Ij/mpaflitir, in theft out oi words: Qty cum liory Smuim; couy' 15in jab dxilld dextm, 2114171116 pmtélim fdéinliz, inpeflori ! Carl/irate»: pene- Huff, arrrpiffcl, pqflridie fora corpore pofl Imam may»), mane noggin/M apamag;j mm ju/um pcflore fed (>7 dorfir, wentre, lumbii, immo 0: [train quoque, parlorm (5N l'mrbiir, lmmerz'r (7‘ collo wultuque, at Me palpelama qzzz'clmz deduce)? pafiir) gavel/11m in wrrlicc ipfol Cute ubique cliflenta, (j. mmefizfi'a, Tammi "Milne mt ten/ill, 0') mm dolore no}: puma. Learned Siizctz'w: callerh this DiniHZ-ftion of feveral parts, a Univetfal 'ljmzpanitz'r. And Dofior Willi: glV'c'tll .1 Realbn of this f'trange ])ifeale, mol‘t fuitable to his Hypothelis, That in the Breafi near the Axillaries, are feared great plexcs of Nerves, with which being wounded, the whole Nerves of the Body do fympathi ze, win. The Trunk of the Eight pair, with the Intercofial Nerves; and both with the Spinal Marrow, the Elongation of the Brain, from which Branches are propagated into molt parts of the Body: VVhereupon this great Nervous Plex being wounded by the point of a Sword, Pull the Spirits dwelling in that part grew unquiet, and being hurried here and there into divers Branches of Nerves, and the Spirits, their Inmates, take the Alarum, and further the Tumult, which afterward is raifed in all parts of the Body, by the propagation of numerous Nervous Fibres, blowing up the whole Body. And after this ingenious Author hath Explained, and confirmed his Opinion of a Umpanitir, he fummeth up all in a pithy Dilcription of iti Quad fit Tumor Abdominiffixim, ton/tam, xquitbilz'r, durm, renitem, (9v 4 [mlfatigue fnitum edem, a partium, (3‘ Vifcerum .Membranateorum inflatione T7x;'tdn'fl ortm propter Spiritzu‘ flizz'maler in fibms iflar nimz'a cupid ad'lflflai, ibi- dgmq; fucci Newer ob/lrnmtir (who, 4 recs u impeditor , rui aficéliani confeqnamr Flamum in loci warm aggcflio, 'I/elut complementum accidit. 1 he Tympanitir is a fixed Swelling of the Belly, and being conl'cant, equal hard, giveth a mile upona {lroak, arifing from a tenlive inflation of the much of its oi'igen of mild Steams, which are of a gentle ingeny, not highly irritating lclres in too great a quantity into the Nervous Fibres, which are obllru- c'ted by the fault of the Animal Liquor hindred in its Motion, 'hence enlueth as a Complement of all, an accumulatitin of Wind in the empty {paces of the Belly. This Diicale is extraordinary, but the more ordinary Cafes which flier to the high Turnout of the Belly, either followin are [hole g the immo- their {oft incloliires, lodged in the inward Recedes oF the Belly. learned Doctor le'llir, my dear Friend and Coleguc, is of an opinion, that a :lfiimpizm'rir is not produced by a l'latus1 confined either within 01‘ without the Intellines; which this great Author faith, is rather an Elli-6t, then a Carrie, that Windy Matter is detained within rholc parts. And farther nflirmeth, That this Dif'ale fin‘ingeth From the Animal Sp‘ [5 (11" liding in the Nervous and Membranous parts of the loweft Apartunent) which being hurried in great diforder, do mill:a Storm in the Nervous Fibres, mulled by ahigh Inflation, whence arifeth a Tumour of the Peril-ome- um; hence the Mefcntery, Inteflines, and their empty Spaces, are, lluFr'cd upand enlarged, and Humours inwardly confined in them, being firfi rarCtied into Vapours, are afterward turned into :1 Flatus. This A Ligamrc marl: upon the Par VAgum on cach lid: of lllL‘ Neck, prudm ccs anlnflati-y on of the 510* mach. the Stomach. are not felt in a Tympmn'tir, produced by an imperfect Wind, of a mixed nature, partly vaporous, and partly Flatulent, and participate V'tlllllrivlls p: r Cry HunL. I Chap. X X l X. Membranous Vilcera and parts, by reafori the Animal Spirits infinuate them- dcrate rcnfion of the Stomach, and Intellines, which is a fpurious Tympanfl 11's, caufed by a great quantity of Wind (lodged in the Ventricl e and Guts) producing Stomacic, Iliac, and Colic pains: Or When the Abdomen is fwcllcd by a meet Flatus ferried in the Cavity of the Belly, between the 'Pcritanxum and the Intefiines, which is rare; or that more common, ifruin froma large quantity of warty Recrements, mingled with a, Flatulcnt Mats tier, enlarging the (Peritouanm, Abdominal Mulclcs, and the Skin encircling tie Bel y. A23 As A trucrmpt'é nixu caufcd by a mecr Flaws lodged in the Cavityofthc Bully, is rare. The more common Ty!!pauiu} is dcrifi vcd from Wind mixed with watt] Human".