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Show Book I. Part I I L 4.20 ‘T/Je Sly/cm of Fij/a, and other flnimrz/r. Book I. Part I If. tions) proceeding from the fPar Vagmxr, and the fecorrd Rowl of the Mcfcn; terick Branch, feared in the Left Side, and is tranlinirted into the Spleen, and doth accommodate it with fruitful Branches and Fibres of Nerves, (Pm. pagated in numerous plexcs through the whole frame of the Spleen) whofe C H A P. IV. Extreamities are inferted into the fubftance of the Glands, and do difpcnfe‘ 7723 Spleen if me/i‘r. Nervous Liquor into the Interltices of their Voile-ls, where it confederates with the Blood (impelled out of the termination of the Arteries) much ex- alted with this feleét Liquor : \threupon it is evident, that the Spleen is a Compage for the moft part made up of Nerves and Fibres ( exceeding other The rife of the Spleen may be to prepare a FCI'IHL‘I'IL for the Liver, in order to the far: can of the Bilious Humor: from the Blood. Veffels in number) carrying Liquor into the l'arenchyma of the Glands, where it meeteth with the Blood, which afterward acquireth an acidity in the Spleen (whofe tallte is fourilh upon Boiling) f0 that it may be conjeétu- He Spleen of great Beafts, as Oxen, Deer, Sheep, Horfes, we. are adorned with an Oblong Figure, fomewhat refembling the Tongue of a Bullock, and is feated in length downward in the Left Side; but in a Lion, it is lodged crofsways from the Left, toward the Right Hypoconder, and hath its 'l‘ Origen confining on the Left Side, which is larger in Diinen- :iiosnlkm °l red, that one ufc of the Spleen may be to prepare a Ferment for the Liver, lions then the other Extreamity, and groweth lefs and lefs + toward its 3,155.7 F'" to allil‘t it in order to a Secretion of the Bilious, from the more delicate and mild parts of the Blood: And to this end the Nervous Liquor (infpired Termination, and paffcth almofl in a firaight courfe. ""Thc Spleen ofa Lion hath two Surfaces, the upper is convex 1-, and is "1:71;. 3",}? furnifhed in one part with an eminent Prominence +. The concave and lower region of the Spleen is crooked, as endued with with Animal Spirits, and impraegnated with Volatil, Saline Particles ) is embodied in the fubltance of the Glands, with the Sub-acid, and other Heterogeneons parts .of the Blood, which is tranlinitted firit into the Extreamities of the Spleniclt \ eins, and thence by the @orta, into the Cl inds of the a Semicircular Figure 1‘ Liver ; wherein the Splenick Blood mixed with that, brought in by the other Branches of the (Farm, doth open the Compage of the Vital Liquor, and di- and is joyned to the But-end of the G'amreaa + in its lower Region, which i i, i. is Semicircular. The Spleen of a Cafior is very finall, three Inches in length, not half a. TthrIcmf one in breadth, and a quarter of one in thicknefs, and is endued with a pale lemon Red Colour, and a foft fubltance, and tefcmbleth a Fillet, or Hairlace, falt- tiff: It hath its connexion with the Stomach, by reafon of its Protuberance +, i'g. fpofe it for a fecretion of the Bilious parts from the more fwcct; that they may be received into the Extreamities of the Vafa Fellw, and Choledoch Duéis, implanted into the fubftance of the Hepatick Glands. ued to the Stomach. V The Spleen of an African Goat, is beautified with an Oval Figure, and is The Spleen of feared in the Left Hypocondre, and affixed by Membranous interpofitions in Dorofi'lm a great part to the lower region of the Stomach. As to the {hape of the Spleen of a Dog, it is different from that of Mans "'htsrlccn or and doth not relcmble the Tongue of a Bullock, as being [harp pointed: "M where it faceth the Midrifl? The Spleen of an Ape, is adorned with a kind of Triangular Figure, of Thcsplccnct unequal Sides, and lomewhat refembleth a Scalezmm; but in truth, accord- "Arc. ing to my apprehenfion, it feemeth to refemble the Heart of a Bird, and its Bafe -l~ is adjoyning to the greatef't part of the "Pancreas, and its Cone is turn- 11. is. m.f. ed upward l #7. it.r.i.k. In a fubtle Beaft, called by the Latines Hymn, it is hued in fome part Thcspim of with a R ed Colour, and in another with a Livid, and is harder in fubflance 3" "W" then the Liver, and lefs in bulk ', and in reference to fituation, it is lodged from the Left Hypocondre, toward the fore part of the lowell: Venter, and tefembleth in lhape the compreffed Legs of an Infant. The Spleen of an Indian Bore, is not feared under the Ribs of the Left Tlic'SpIccn of Side, as in Man, and in mol't perfect Animals, but crofs the lower Venter, "Ml'nB‘m‘ as in a Lion 3 and is faltned by Ligaments, to the fat Membranes of the Kid- neys, and is almolt two handfuls in length, and but a Finger in thickneis. The Spleen of a Tygre, is lefs in Dimenfions then that of a Lion, and is 'nicsiviccn of biggel't above in its Origen, and groweth lefs and lefs toward its Terminati- 3 mm on, and is hued with a bright, florid, red Colour. The Spleen of a Porcupine, doth encircle in its embraces, a great part of Tthplccn or the Stomach, to which it is not at all affixed by any Ligament, or Mem- "P"WP‘M' branous interpofirion, ' Qqqqq Th9 |