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‘vfi-Kl a 06 Of the Strait; Ferment of the Stomach Book I. Part II, Book I. Part ll. Ofdic 50mm Ferment oft/av Stomach. 307 3 Vall])tf/,'}lrlllf€ doth alfo in fome fort comply with this OpinionJ and making a great fcarch into the nature ofStomacic Ferments, doth configne the in. teftine motion of the Ventricle, to a Ferment propagated from the Spleen, and found it very difficult to maintain the t‘i'animiiiion of the Liquor from it by Veins to the Stomach, becaufe it is contrary to the Oeconomy of Nature, and Rules of Circulation of Blood, demonlirable by Autophy. This acute Author i'creined his Wit to find out fome unheard-of way, to convey the fermentative Liquor from the Spleen to the Stomach : Nimirm/r, aitille, 2:012cxttewcmmn Ilzelarzcbolz'mm, air/um liwri, fern/312mm, fed [renam- filzgulari mitted out of the Stomach into the intefiincs, while the more ufelefs parts Praying in the Ventricle, do contraét an Acidity. Farthermore, when the Stomach laboureth with fome great indifpolition, or when oppreifed with too great a quantity, or affected with an ill quali< height, as the Saline Particles obtain a more eminent Degree of volatility; as do evade our Sight, it will be more difficult to dilcovet fume infenlible pores, through which the pretended infpired Liquor may be imparted from the crude vitriol in its prime Confiitution,hath fome degrees of Acidity; but when it is driven through a retort, with a fierce Fire, it is affected with fuch an in- Spleen to the Stomach. Owuerecmn doth afiigu Chylilieation to famelick, hungry, and thirl'ty SP1. tits refident in the Ventriclc: Spiritus i/z Ventritnlo ("gm/cit ille) famil/i- car, 6 ztrientcr, ('9: [/ibentcr, 7111' pufl aflitmptam alimezztz' (9v cilxarm/zmeterializ, - [Iliam 7107mm appelmzt, quail: alli‘uélrzm, acidzz flute/7v mora'aci diflolrvt/Ia'i 46 romercndi facultatc, confringam : 4pm dzfl‘o/utio ac corzlririo, paflczz 4 Median appelletur Concofiz‘a, fie/e 'Digeflia. tenfenefs of Acidity, that the Palate is impatient ofir, unlcfs it be diluted with fome infipid or felt Liquor 3 and upon this account, the reliques ofthe former Concoétion do fornetimes arrive to f0 great an Acidity, that the Teeth are fet on edge upon vomiting this troublefome Acide Matter. And this is the third Caufe how the Stomach produceth an Acidity in Di- geliion, when the Aliment newly received, is embodied with the Recrements of the former ConcoEtion, with an acide Phlegme, deliitute of Sweetnels; Hungry in the night, going Supperlefs to Bed 3 Becaufe thefe Elitrient Spirits, cannot exili of themfelves without forne vehicle (and thereupon ( I whereupon the Chyle cannot be conceived to be improved with this acide Mixture, but groweth more impure, and degenerate, and the laéteal Veffels receive only the purer parts of the concoé‘ted Liquor, as Secerned from all conceive) they are founded in fome acide Liquor) elfe they being f0 thin acide Atomes , wherefore we may conceive, that the Acidity in the This Iconceive to be a. Dream of this ingenious Author, as being very and fubtle, \vould cafily evaporate through the pores of the Body; and fo Stomach, to be no conllzituent part, or ingredient of ChyleJ but an In< farewel Hunger and Thirf't, thofe ufefulAppetites, iiiliituted by Nature to, Court us to the enjoyment of Meat and Drink without which we would firument, as fome will have it, by which the more folid parts of Aliment are Diliolved. befvery carelefs in Eating and Drinking, and much prejudice our Health and Lire. ' ' So that ( as I apprehend) thefe Fameliclt , Efurient, and Sitienr Spirits The Fourth Caufe of Acidity is found in Vegetables, wherein a Fufion is made of Saline Elements, which is not produced in Flelh', which being exalted, doth not degenerate into an Acidity, after the rate of Vegetables 5 are not the Ferments productive of Conco'éiion in the Ventricle, but only incentives, ordained by nature to render, us defirous o'f Aliment, to repair not contract a fournefs, but rather ranknefs, and cannot arrogate to them- the decaying frame of our Body Other latter Arril'cs, better verfcd in Anatomy, do derive the ferous Fer, ments, liibfervient to‘Chyl‘ification, from the Arteries (terminating into - the iniiiofi Tunicles of the Stomach) which emit an acide Liquor \ cnduecl with a power, dilfolving the Aliment, and extracting an Alimentary Liquor, which is of a mixed Fenfe, fome part true, and the other improbable, becaufe on the one hand it may be granted that the Stomach, doth af- fect the Aliment in fome imperfec‘t Degree of Concoétion with akin'd of . Acidity 5 and on the other lideit muli be oppofed 5 that the Ratio'forlm- {Ali's of Chylification, is wholly founded in an amide Ferment, as the ible eflicient of it, by reafon the Eilence of Alimentary Liquor is not confiituted mildly-til: Vin its primary Produétiori of acide Principles, but rather confii'teth accord‘ ing to its true temper in apleafant fweetnels, amicable to Nature, plainly difcernible in Milk, and Cream (thofe grateful Extracts of the St'Omachil and Acidity is fo far diitant from the naturaLCouliitution of the Alimentary Liquor in the .Ventriclefihatl when it is eitalted to a highiDegree "it fpoileth Concoétion, and defiroyeth the nourifliingfjuyce, which is extraéied 01" of Meat and Drink. ,, , V ' i "V l ,. And the Stomach doth. impart avkind qfi‘rAcidity to théChyle, in its cruder State,'according to "Learned DriGbflEMg's Qbfervation; As Firft, when a Secretion is made in Concoétion' of Matter, advanced by delicate Particles Soure belch~ l‘gi. the aft Miami in Conctftiou. Fred Aliment, the Stomach throweth up lour Belchings, the effects of an ill Concoétion, proceeding from fixed , faline parts, as too much exalted and brought to a fuiion; the caufe of Acidity, which is promoted toa great mar/0 fer/ileum"; ryemriculo infpimre 3 But I am afraid, if the more open Duets Cut-rem» af- figi ah the pi mine! on of "mam cles from the Recrements, that degenerate into Acidity, as feparated from the fweet Alimentary Juyee ( the end of Concoétion ) which is quickly tranil becaufe animal Salts being elaborated , and reduced to Fulion, do felves the nature of a due Ferment in Concoétion; and Aliment compo- fed oi Vegetables, have divers {teps of Elaboration, and firft of all grow- eth Acide, then acquirerh another degree of Saltnefs ; and lail: of all artiveth at a greater perfcétion of Concoétion, and endeth in a pleafant Sweetnefs, molt evident in the production of Chyle. But that we may {peak more clearly to the Serous Ferment, dil'tilling out of the Extremities of the Arteries, into the Cavity of the Stomach, this miei'tion may be fitly propounded, Whether this Serous Ferment hath its Operation in the Produélion of Chyle, as endued with Acide, or with Saline Particles, to which a Reply may be made with this diliinéiion, either of the fweetnefs of Chyle, proceeding from Vegetable Aliment, as Sugar, Honey, and the like, and then the nourilhing Liquor firfi groweth Acide and then Sweet; but if the Sweetnefs of the Alimentary Juyce, proceed‘ eth from Coucoé'ted Flefh, it is firfl: brought by Fulion, to a Saline, and then to a fweet difpofition, which is deriVed from the difpofition of a Se- rous Ferment, in a good conititution of Body, which is Saline and not Acide, asmy be plainly proved from the nature of this Cryftaline Liquor, which _i3 highly impregnatedwith a great quantity of‘Volatil Salt, ( which may be extracted by Chymical Operations) :1 Very aéiive Infirumenr in ,Chy- Txficatiou, by which the body of the Alimenr'is opened, and the Alimen‘ tary Liquor extracted and exalted. . fAncl The Chyle i5 oil adi- cdinthe Stomach, with acidc Retremtuis, the re liquts of a former Concuctiou. Acidity is a fuhon of f.)linc Elimeu‘ts, as in the fer» mutation of Vegetables.