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Show Book L Part II. 2 96 SW, M motions of the Stomach, by dilcharging its ofl‘enlive Enemies, difiurbing its cafe and quiet. And in reference to loucr and {harp mitrcmpxcil altment dilcompofing the i‘ W" "N Stomach, lbit antl lenient Meats and Drinks are to be offered, which do tern. Moth» per their acrimony. ' . ' . And iliarpe and acide humours, difordering tne retentive power of the Stomach, arc countermiuided by lwect and bitter Medicines, and falt recre. rout-r, arc 0f behficarion. 2 977 ‘T/Jc 7):5hnfqu oft/:9 ‘strenmie Farah"), &C. Book I. Part ll. ments dilEaiing the ventricle, proceeding from the-eating of too much {31: Meat, are corrected by Lime-Drinks, which are advilcd With good fucccfs in IDiIEaies arifing from grols, and {all humours. . And lafily, corroborating Medicines may he prefcribed to remove the weaknefs of the retentive faculty of the Stomach, confifling in the flaccidc indilpolitioii of the fibres, which are repaired by, allrmgent Medicines, re. 21 during the tone of the ventricle, in rendriiig their fibres moderately tenle, fl which giveth them a power to retain the aliment committed to it: cultody, during the time of concoél'ion, till the altmeiitaryliquor is extraéted. And the depraved aflions (relating to, the retentive iunrflion) taking "is their rile from laline and acide particles or bilious and pancreatic‘k liquors, are corrected by tefiaceous Powders, and chaleybcat Mcdicmes, dulcii‘ying and refining the mail; of Blood, and preferving it from the exuberance of aride, liiline, and bilious recrements. Whereupon the Stomach may claim this prerogative of being the chief $21,355,: Seat in which the Alimentary Liquor is concocted, the Mouth being the l‘i‘i'icsiiihic‘ place of Mafiication, where the Aliment is broken into {mall pieces, and lll{‘Utl},itvl.§tc it NIL pit impregnated with falival Liquor, which giveth the firfi: rudiment, and is a M hAryand kind of Conception, item which Chyliflcation taketh its firlt rife, as the hilifsrimh Aliment is moiftened with a fermentative Juyce, impregnated With Volatil, and Saline, and with Airy and [Ethereal Particles in the Mouth, wherein [he Aliment may be truly laid to Commence its Fermentation, and is afterward tranlinitted to the Stomach , in whichit receiveth greater Elaboration, as acted with other Ferments. . And the Aliment is not only opened with herons and ner‘vous Liquors, $22,213,?" but. all'o with an influx of Heat, proceeding from the Blood, infpired with gm" "1‘ ., . . . _ , tomaci u"13h active fubtlc parts 5 the immediate mftrumerits of a more DlVlI‘lC Principle , "mus avail exerting its operation in the Vital Liquor ( whole Heat is chiefly conferved aihfuiiuiiis by motion) and its confiant recourfe into the Stomach imparteth to it a prin"vomited ciple of Life, which much advanceth the concoéiive faculty of the Sto- filial" So that theingredients of Meat and Drink being iinmitted into this fine 2:505:21," as Retorte, let in $417230 Marie, enclofed in its anterior Region with the Li- iiiiiiiiflihe ver, and its bottom is feared in a cavity of the Spleen, both which Vifccra """',j,‘"‘ are enobled with a loft Heat, flowing into them with the Blood, by reafon W Pm a vital influence doth aril'e from a dilpenlation of the Blood into all parts the Body , Whereupon the Stomach entertaining Blood, primarily impreg of nared with Life, cloth grow warm, and vigorous, giving a due tone and Tcnfenefs to the various Fibres of the Stomach, by which the ventricle appliet m, that; h C ,.H A P. it feli clofe to the Aliment, and by warming it, doth reduce its leis powerful, qualities into Aét , and exalteth the various difpofit ions of the Ferment X X V I, s. . , Moreover, it may be worth our notice, that divers Animals, accordi ng to thsligiiiiii: the feveral conl'titutions of their Stomach, do claim various degrees of Heat , girrigiiiiiim as Dogs, Of CbJ/i cation, Wolves Aving dilhoui'fed oi the l'trué‘ture of the Stomach, as made up of va~ rious Coats, and ol‘every Coat a3 a lilieme of fibres 5 and of dii-' lilL'nE appetites of Hunger and limit, as Minilicrs inviting us to Eat and Drink, to liipply the decays oi Nature, and oi. the retentive faculty, con- i'ifiiiig in the gentle contraction of many fibres, all which are ininillzetirtl to its great and ultful operation, the production of alimentary liquor, in which, divers heads do pi'elent tliCinfelves. The Fit'll; is the Elaboratory, in which the liquor is prepared; Secondly, The Caulhs which are produéliV'e of it; the ventricle, and the divers ferments concerned in the Concoétion of aliment; and allb the fubjeét and manner oi its produé'tion; and Lafily, The nature and qualities of the alimentary jUYCC the Cll‘yle, as the felcét product of the melt excellent operation of the Stomach. . $12193: The Stomach is a noble Utenfil of Nature,integrared ofdivers Membranes, iiiiiiiiiiii arc drcfl'cd with various fibres,gently contrad‘tingthemfelves to inclofc the aliments iiiiixcimy Within 117‘} lofr'bofom, which Nature hath rendred Concave and Membranous; ' whereupon it is of a pliable and extenfive Conl'titution to receive and con- tain greater or lel's proportions of Huide and folid Aliment, to whole convex, the Stomach (if endued with its due rone,) doth {hapc its concavf? futface. Whereupor! , Hawkes, and Birds of prey have inteiife, and Filh more "‘fifssm‘ remils: and truly, a moderate Heat, being not culinary but vital, is mofi: m . agreeable to the Ventricles of Animals, as giving them {trengt h and vigor, and thereupon is more conducive to the production of Chyle, by reafon immoderate Heat rather torrefieth and forceth out the Earthy and Excrementitious parts 5 whereupon the colliquation and extract ion of the Alimen- tary Liquor, is belt managed by a {oft Heat; upon which account we may Well refemble the preparation of Aliment to the fiewing of Meat in fome liquid Subflance by a flow Fire ; and lo we Cook Gruels made with Oat- meal or Barley, as alfo Jelly, which do fomewhat aemulate the Chyle, and by virtue of agentle Heat, we extraé‘t divers kinds of coélion of Tinctures; and the concoétion of Meat, is likewile performed by the afliltance 1y Heat refident in the Stomach; intenerating, colliquating, and of a kind» dilTolving folid fibfléances in liquid Bodies, as it happens in the concoél ion of Alimen- tary Liquor in the Ventricle. So that the Still of the Stomach is well feared by Nature, in a mofl: $532,325" advanta geous place, every way fur-rounded warm arts, above with ‘;°"fm"d, the vital flame of the Heart, on the Right with fide with t 6 Liver, on the 3,2523%?"' Left with the Spleen, and on the binder Region with the great Vefléls of m' the Aorta, and Vera: tam, in its Anterior part with the Caul; WhereHpon all thefe parts being Syflems of numerous Veffcls, filled with warm Hh h h Vital |