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Show 0f the UM 0/ Chewing. Part II, an inclination to feparate from the purerAlimeutary, which is commenced and conceited in the lVloutli litllt, and alterward more matured in the 8:0. mach, in which the different Figures of Heterogeneous Alimentary Parti- cles are rendred uniform, and their unequal {ides by degrees made regular by luttlline Nlotion; wherein they eaiily clole one with another, and the , irregular Tides and angles of the Recrements, which cannot pollibly be {0 i-cftilied, as to unite by rcalbn of their great Interllzices, are precipitarcd and ll-vered from each other, and in fine, thrown out of the Stomach into i the Intellincs. And I do molt humbly conceive, that in fome kind a Coucoftion is made in theMouth, in which the Alimentary Liquor is fomeways dilrolved by the \Vatry, Oily, and Saline Atomes of the Salival Liquor, flowing from a Nervous Limpha, and the l'erous parts of the Blood, are impraegnated With Volatil, Nitrous, Aery, and Spirituous :etheteal Particles; out of which, being, well embodied, a Rapid Tinéture is extracted, and tranlinitted into the Various parts of the outward Coat of the Tongue, giving an appulfc upon the Nervous Fibrils, into whol‘e Extreamitics, the more Volatil and tl title-{lam y {\eirct. r tum uni \, when they THC Palate, Manila, and Tongue, are curious Contexturcs, emboffed Thcvarioui with various round and pointed Prominencies, and compofed of fine $351323: Membranes, Glands, Mufcles, Embroidered with Variety of Arteries, Veins, 33%;}? Nerves, and Excretory Veffels, as Channels of Vital, Animal, and Salival 331:2??? Liquor, to give Life, Senfe, and Motion to the Tongue, and the Full: Ru- ofDifcafcs.' diment of Concofiion', whereupon thefe delicate parts of the Mouth, when difal‘feéted, are obnoxious to variety of Difeafes, or ill Tallies, Foulnefs, Drinefs, Blacknefs, and Swellings of divers kinds, Inflammations, Etyfipela's, Oidema's, Abfcelks, Ulcers, Gangraans, Mortifications, and Cancers. The Tongue is the proper organ of Tafiing, to endear us with Pleafute ififilfigfif The Meflengers of Puma: and Italy, lpurt nourilhing Liquor into the Mouthsof tired Horfes, whereupon they go immediately more cheerfully, intercepted, or much checked toward the Gul'tatory Nerves, lodged in the 1:11,2:11:1ch Ton ue whence arifeth the lofs .ot diminution of the faculty of Ta. rous Liquors. and mend their pace. Vintners rafting great variety of Wines upon an empty Stomach, grow diZzy in their Heads, though they livallow little or no \Viue. Which is produced (as I conceive ) from the more Subtle and (ting. the Talteis Sometimes the Tafie is depraved, by ill Nervous and Serous Liquors, vi- 333:3;ng tiared by Saline and Acid "articles, perverting the proper tafie of the Tongue, whence fapid objeéts fweet in themfelves, become Salt and Acid, and lb loofc their natural Tafte, as infeéled with unkindly difpofitions of the Salival Liquor, proceeding from the difafi‘ééted Nervous Juice, and Chria fialline parts of the Blood. Othertimes, the proper Taflte is depraved by {stride purulent Matter, {ometime tranfmitted to the Mouth from the Stomach, and adjacent parts of the Tongue, ariling from Ulcers. Eélgnsnsdif- and Delight, in order to the enjoyment of Meat and Drink; .and fome- . 6 rd when times this ufeful as well as plealant. -Inl‘trument of Speech and Motion, is out [he origenof i ‘ . . . of the News of Tune, when the Nerves are dilordered, as being obfirufled in their ori- is obflruflrd, g of the Brain; which is thereupon aflECted with the Narcoticlt fieelns of the \Vine. ‘And furthermore, It may not fcem altogether improbable, that fomewhat oi the {ubtle parts of the Aliment, improved with Salival Juice in time of ,. hdalticatioir, may be admitted into the terminations of the Venze Ram'rm, r ucns Ll‘ \:il(‘l\ may he and thence ulhered into the Jugulars, and Defcendent Trunk of the (hm, tending to the right Chamber of the Heart, where {uttering a greater Coin'an l1) carried into the C411, mnl right (,hamber of the Heart. The ‘Par/aologie of the Tongue, Talatc, and limb. gen in the Brain, whence the {oft {tream of the Snow/r Nutririm is wholly afg‘gc‘fjc‘gé, Nerves implanted into the Tongue and Palate, and thence trairfmitted by the empty fpaces intercediug the Filaments of the Nerves, into the fubl'tance . ., XIV; Spirituous beiuginfinuated by the apertivc Nitrous vertne, and carried by the elafiick force of Air all along, between the Nervous Filaments to the origen of the Grif‘tatory Nerves, and thence diloerfed into the Medal/4 012] ngata; whereupon , Perfons tired with 'immoderate Labour, receiiing Strong, Waters into their Mouth, are immediately rcfrefhed. Spirituous Particles of Wine, firll admitted into the ezttrcamities of die 14. CHAP. minution, they are incorporated with the Mafs of Blood : And‘by this more inort pallagenwe may give fome account of a {peed y relbclion in time of Faintnels ; of which, we are immediately fenfible when we have Multitated Meat in our Mouths, before it can be {Wallowed down, and Conceited 1n the Stomach, and conveyed into the Intef'tines, and thence tranfinitted through the long Thoracic Ducts into the Subclavian Vellels, and right Ventricle of the Heart. l , othcttimcl An Ancient Woman, about Fifty Years old, for a long time, giving a trouble to others in a fiinking Breath, and to her felf in an offenfive Tafie, was often di‘quieted with a great pain of her Stomach ; which was appeafed for a time by a Bag, applied to the Region of her Stomach, compofed of Herbs, Seeds, and Spices ; and {he being at lafi: Emaciated by a. Chronick Difeafe, was freed from her Mifery, by a happy clofe of her Life, which was derived from an Ulcer in her Stomach. . Sometimes an ill Tafie in the Mouth, may take its rife from Faetide Mat- Eject-13:2: ter, thrown up by Coughing, through the firanchia and Windpipe into the 532,153,235; Mouth, in an Ulcer of the Lungs. $933525; A Child about Six Years Old,being long vexed with a troublefome Cough, griffin often complained of an ill Tafle in her Mouth; and being Opened after H a . Death, an Ulcer was dilhovered in the left Lobe of her Lungs, big with fanious purulent Matter, which was tranlinitted by a violent Cough into her Mouth, rendring her Meat and Drink very unfavoury, as mixing with . it in the time of her repair, which rendred her Life very unpleafant. fritiilih'i; An ill Tafte in the Mouth may alfo arife from noifome Vapours, commu- afzmnsvzom nicared from the Intef'cines to the Stomach ( and through the Gulet to the iusfrmflx ‘ Tt: Mouth) 6"" |