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Show Book l: Part 1 l' 2 92. Of the (Retenticc Elm/t} if the Stomach. The lietentive Faculty at the firft fight, feemeth wholly to‘ Mechanical flame, but in truth hath fomcwhat 0i liltenels o‘i which the Storiilcli hath a Complacency) with the Aliment, as Utatlllid in Converfe with it, in which it receiveih refeclion Cavity of the Ventricle is narrowed, and the furface of the inward Coat feared] on each fide, are brought nearer to each other, and if any Cavity he left, it is filled up with fome intercurrent Matter", fo‘that no room is re- 29; feth it, is as improbable as the other, becaufe the Ventricle (asIconceive) is not active to the reception of Aliment: But if this Suppofition ihould be granted, the Receptive Faculty mutt be configued to the Fibres, which are the only aciive parts ; as this Learned Author admitteth in another place of this Book, in the Chapter De'Fibrir Ventrituli, whereupon this being prefuppofed, the Receptive Faculty is no ways communicable to the Fibres Illfi'g‘limfr of the Stomach, becaule they cannot enlarge the‘lelt OriflCC, by reafon their proper action is too narrow and contracl: the Orifice and Body of the 8m. Tthtomacn is gratified with the de- light and re- fettiun of A» abnd therefore in fome fort it is unwilling to part With it, until it‘liaFll re- ceived the Carisfiiétion of fruition for a time, and then parteth With it for the l'tiblick Good, as conducive to the fuppCit , and perfection of the whole, as being the i‘vfrtteria Silbflriita of Blood. . . The fine Compage of the Ventriele, being a rare Syf‘teme Of‘VaUOUS Fibtes, Right, Oblique, and Tranfverfe, as they run Crofs-way: down ople fide, but as they furround both fides, and the upper and lower lxcgion, t e The F ibru of th: Ventriclc are tight, oblique. and circular. order to a fubfequcnt Contraction. And as to the Receptive Faculty of the Stomach, as Doctor ()Iyflon phra- cpnfift "1.3 l\itture (in being much and delight, ltmcnt, and therefor: is . not willing to part with it. mancnt to make a Cavity, to make way for this unrealonable attraéiiotr, in ' Off/ac figurine Patti/U rift/1.: Stunt/26h. Book i. Part II, 12ft may be {tiled Circular. And when all thefe Fibres concur in one ioynt oentle Contraction, the Stomach enclofeth‘the Aliment With its foft Embraces, to which the numerous Folds of the inward Coat, are vepy fielpfl'ul The Stomach by the gentle contraction of its various retaincth the A~ mimiiiti 5r mach, which clofcth the Mouth of the Ventricle, and hindreih the recepti- in detaining the Alimentary liquor Within its Furrows, becauet e A}: merit before it is itlabomted, is apt to be‘lodged between the unevenne - limcni: within fes of the Folds, appertaining to the Ventricle; and after‘ifit is Colhquared, its bofomt. IlLAlimtiit Whereupon, Ihumbly conceive, with the favour of this ingenious Aulf,,l,','fiff",}l§l thor, that the Stomach is meerly paflivc, in order to the reception of Nou~ ‘l‘cswmd‘l" on of Meat and Drink, into the capacity of it. "ml" "‘6'" rilliment, \vliofe Orifice is no ways expanded by any Fibrous parts (as inifilcflhrciim firuments of Motion ‘) but by vertue of the Aliment, protruded by Mufiiidtilicsiii-M cular Fibres down the Gulet; whofe Termination being enlarged, and the """Wl'm'm' Aliment carried forward, malteth the Orifice of the Stomach give way by (lilgitiiig it, for the adiniflion of the Aliment forced into it by the Mufculai' Fibres, feated near the Extreamities of the Gulet, and the beginni ng of the left Orifice of the Ventricle. And I do humbly conceive, that the Receptive Faculty of the Ventricle,‘ doth not proceed from any voluntary Relaxation, it not being in the power of the Will to unite any alteration of the Fibres ( placed in the left Orifice of tlieStomach) which have one confiant moderate Tenfcnefs, unlefs they beirritated by fome (harp, or Saline Hummus, or too great a quantity of Aliment, contained in the Cavity of the Stomach , giving it a trouble to contract its Fibres in order to Expulfion, either above by Vomiting, or below into the lnteflines. , \ iii'iiifiiirizsc Neither have the Fibres-( relating to the Stomac h) any power to relax miliccoflhc themfel ves, in order to open its Mouth, and aifume Aliment, becaufc when "5:15;," it IS enducd With a natur al Tone, the Fibres are moderately k g 1- . > mVlEOl‘a-ted , .i i. . . £3,231, 532? With Nervous Liquor, and Animal Spirits, and have a due gentle liilfnefs, which the Stomach is not able to remit, excep t it be dilated by the immifK'pnliniirhpncf {ion of Aliment, crowded by the'Mufcles of the Gulet, into the Mout h ting 0],;th of the Ventricle : and when it is ill at cafe, it contracieth the Fibres oi the i r h -' and' $535.;L‘1'h‘ " left tide ' " \, m by"; "TH" 01" ' V t h i . n . ~- - {hutteth up the Orifice, to reject ‘ ' ' is ' offenfirea 33 which contrary to the dilpofition of the Stomach, whichthat, it oppofeth as dei'cruéiive , to it. ' - . And now We will return (from whence we have Digreiied) to the RC" tentive Faculty of the Ventricle, tbgive a farther Explicarion of it, in re' ference it is‘aflifiant to the'Co'é‘tio'n' and dif'tribution of Aliment; heCQUfC both thefe important"A'élri6flS,,",hs minifl erial to Life, cannot attain uhthietfeiEtig'itffiléx‘ce tltliey Pray fome Scnfe, and Motion: time in the Stomach, before they are tranfiriitted iiitd'the' hteflines, which mull: be accomplilhc‘l by the. Retentive' PioWer, 'eibbdfihgl the hinent in the ventricle,‘ fill. its Compage'is diifolvdi', ‘and fiie‘A'llinenta'iioun'f ry Liquor extracted. _ . The and brought to Maturity, is foftned with a flippery Dilpofition, whereupon it isleaiily ferered frorrfit the Folds of the Stomach, and flippeth through ' ' "ice into the lure ines. . . m 35:31:7{311 the roughnefs of the inward'Coat of the Ventricle, contributeth {omewlnt to the retention of the Aliment-j, but above all, the T0- The Folds of the Stomach do affili the retention of nick Pollutes of all the Fibres, wherein they equally Ballance each otlfier, and gently enwrap the Aliment, till it attaineth fiep by Itep, unto‘a arther Exaltation, and being Colliquated, and feveredfrom the Fxces, is conveyed into the Intel'tines, to receive a greater Perfeéhon. the Alimcnt- |
