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Show 0f the Spleen. 7T _ -_B0T)ltT Part1". \~‘,_ nitude, Veii‘els, Subfiancc, Glands, and their Ufes, to which I will add at lafl its Pathology and its Cures. V The "plecn is lodged in the Left Side, not directly oppolite to the Li VCI‘, L M as being placed fomewhat lower, and farther tlifiant from the DizlPI/rJQ/fl": in the middle between the Vertebres and the Cartilages of the Bai‘tard iihs, ( according to Vefaliws ) upon which the Spleen leaneth, and is guarded "H"; 0f the Spleen. 4. I L up of numelrons VeflEis, accompanied with many Minute Glands, and Meni. el 5. braIrtITiiistlijtwo Arteries, the one entreth into the upper, and the other the 3:133:32; lower Region of the Spleen, according to Dzemcrbraecte, and according to Malpigbiws, in four Branches, which do moii commonly lprout‘out of the the Ribs 3 it hath a Cavity in its Head, (bending toward the Right Side) which giveth a reception to the Protuberance of the adjacent part of the Branch of the lelt Cxliaek, ( havmg the appellative of the Spleniek Artery) Stomach, when it is extended: This part of the Spleen is more bellow in Aorta, and making an oblique progrels near the lide of the "Pancreas, is after- Bullocks, Hogs, and Dogs, then in Men, and in thofe Animals, the Q, ward admitted into the Spleen, and propagates 'frmtfhl Divarications; wherein the Blood being impelled into the Interfiices of the Veliels, and Phi; oi: not having a free recourieinto the Extreamities of the Veins, a great hulfanon iii iiiifs vity of it embraceth the Convex Surface of the Stomach, the third P3" of a Circle. The mnntxiIn its upper and Convex Region, it is looiEly tied to the Midrzfi‘, and in r h. . . . . 331::an its lower part to the left Kidney, by the mediation of thin Membraneons and fometime from a Branch immediately arifing out of the Trunk'oi‘ the arifeth, giving a high diicompofiire to the Patient ', of which Iulpzm inaketh hummém, loud géfl‘CTB‘Fituf t. iii; W50; ‘ P - ill] part, it is ialtned to the Can], and Neighbouring parts, and in a healthy Body, it doth not tielceiid below the loweii Rib : But in an ill Confiitution, the Ligaments being relaxed, or broken, (by which it is affixed to the M. mention, Lil). a. Obfer. 28. and was {0 great and wonderful, that it was _ _ . heard Thirty Foot by the Standers by. An eminent Vein arifeth out of the Spleen, which is commonly {tiled the Splenick Branch, whence are propagated numerous Ramulets into its Subfiance, which uniting thcmlelves do form three, or more, greater Branches, (Inf, Left Kidney, and Caul.) The Spleen hath been obferved by Calm;lz'm, to fall down into the Cavity of the Belly; and by (Kidd/I, to rel} upon and creeping out of the ambient parts oi the Spleen, do afloctatein one C01:- inon Spleniek Branch, and pafitng cro-lsways under the Stomach-aboveht It; the \Vomb, in a Woman of (Pam. The Spleen of a Foetus, is hued with a bright Red, refembling in Colour that of the Liver, but in young Men it is of a more deep Hod, and in Petiiins of E er Years, inclineth to a blackilh, or deep Purple 3 which is more upper fur-face of the Caul, and then arriveth the IT/emz Term, into yv ic it difchargeth its Vital Liquor, which is afterward dilperfeti into the Liver. r‘cwcws‘ot The Nerves of the Spleen, are lodged in the Left Side, proceeding from [11';§P,CCE_» the Intercoital Trunk, and "Par Vdgum, and are the iecond rowl of Netvous Fibres of the left MelEiitei‘iclt Branch, (accompanying the Arteries in great Divarications) which being imparted to the Spleen, do furnilh it Fibrils, derived from the Rim of the Belly, and the Spleen; in its hollow- W of mi'art I I I. biacit in tome Bruits, and is more light in Hogs, and Alli-coloured in divers Pith. The Spleen is thicker in its top, and more thin toward its bottom, ending Linitpim, in a kind of obtufe Cone, and is called by fome Anatomifls, l'z'fem Linguafzzm, from refembling a Tongue in Figure, which is more eminent in the Spleen of Bruits ; it hath a Convex Surface without, toward the Left Side and Midrifl, and a flattilli in the lower Region, and is hollow toward the Right Side, to give admiflion to the Protuberance of the neighbouring parts of the Stomach into its Bol‘omea and is endued with a white E inc (running the whole length, and with home Alperities) where it giveth reception to theVeins and Arteries : And in fome Men, having ill habits of Body, their Spleen is fometime Round, Triangular, and other times Quadrangu- hr, and very much pointed, and divided into many Lobes. And Bart/John giveth an account we Spleen, which relEmbles the Globules of a Bullocks Kidney, Which I conceive were its Tumified Glands. 'rIicrrmrw The bignels of the Spleen is various in different Bodies and Confiitutions, iiiiilgiiiié and is commonly fix Tranliverl‘e Figures in length, three in breadth, ands. i‘,§lfj§‘y"ilc",r_" Thumb in depth, and in ill Conflitutions, hath an extravagant greatnefs, ""1" extending it felf into the Cavity of the Abdomen (To that it may be dilcerned by an outward Touch) which is more frequent in Fenny Countries, where the‘ People drink corrupt l'tagnant Waters. Lint/unity giveth an ac- count of the Frieflanderr, to ihave'great Spleens, which he~attributeth\to the drinking of a great quantity of foure Butter-Milk; which I conceive, may render the ferous parts of the Blood, and 8mm: Nutriciws grols, and {omewhat concreted and fiagnant, in the Parenchyma of the Spleen, whereupon it may obtain a greater bulk then ordinary; This noble‘part'is accommodated with various kinds of VeflEls, Arteries, Veins, Nerves, Lymphxduéts, whereupon i't'may be {filed a Syf‘temc, made "P with innumerabie Minute Branches, far exceeding all other Veflels in numgiifhgdsigiciifi her: So that the Spleen may be truly called a Compage, integrated for the Divaricannumerous making Fibres, and Nerves of branches of moi} part ons through the whole frame of the Spleen , Whole .irmtful Extreamities are inferted into all parts of its l'nbf‘tanee, therein dilperfing‘Nervo'us LI< . quot into the lpaees of the Vefiels, which afterward embodieth With the ‘R k ) 12:23:25 h Blood, vcyy much heightned With this choice JUICC. . This part is hirniflied with numerous Fibres, which Tome ave mi :1 en iiiiioii i, for Veins, as iii they were the oli-l'prmg or the Spleniek Branch: But in bras. > truth, as Learned Higbmore hath well oblerved, are fine Filaments, or mtlier Fibres, which are Syltenies of many thin Threads {by no means ta- king their rife from the Splenick Artery, or Vern) varioufly complicated witheach other, after the manner of Network, and are firmly tied to the inward fiirface of the Tunicle, immediately invei'ting the Spleen, from whence they lbcm to borrow their Origination 5 and about thefe Fibres, the Parenchyma of the Spleen feeinetli to be Cll'CulDVOIVCd, and interfperleti .. every where with many l-Toles, which ,rel‘emble the-empty Spaces, interceding the malhes of a Necknot unlike the Cavmes .eated iili1 PUEICC- 33,3133, Stones, or Sponges: And theie innumerable Fibres, {porting t emc ves SillifiiiiEor through the body ol‘~ the Spleen, have fome great life, feemg they ,are a very (h: Srlccn. confiderable part of the Spleen, and as TCODCCIVC, are Nervous Fibres, fproceediug from the Mefenteriek Abdominal Plex: Theie Fibres {pring‘ tom the interior Membrane invefiing the Spleen, and. are propagated. crolsvvalys from the upper to the lower Region, and are implanted into its Tunic? both above and below, after they have made many Inolculations "11th 633 Other, and in their progrefs through the inward fubi'cance of the Sp Cfglf, o touch upon the Capfirla, or common Coat of the Veflels, and do not 0 erve J Oooo0 one |