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Show The Tar/Jologic of the Spleen, (Sec. 42+ Boole I. Part I l I. 4.; 5 An Inflancc of this cafe may be given in a Sick Petfon, who had laboured the Ribs into the lower Apartiment, and was furnilhed with a large Sples. nick Artery, which impelled a great quantity of Serous Blood into the with a large proportion of Matter , much refembling the Lees of Red \Vine. Another Inflammation, is more truly f0 called, then that above, and may be fetched from a quantity of better Blood, impelled by the Catliack Artery, into the fubltance of the Glands (relating to the Spleen ) in f0 large a pro- portion, that thefmall Roors of the Veins are not able to give a reception to the Luxuriant Blood 3 whence the habit of the Glands groweth Tums-lied, as having the empty fpaces of the Vellels enlarged, whereupon the Spleen afqilii‘eth greater Dimenlions, attended with a beating pain. The Extravafated Blood lodged in the Interllices of the Velfels, giveth them f0 high a difcompofure, that Nature, to eafc it felf of this burden, maketh a great Bffervefience in the fetled Liquor,as compofed of contrary and in this cafe of deflruétive Elements ; whereupon the Compage of the Blood is dillolved, and the Serous and Nutricious Particles, are turned into a Putti- lent Matter, which being of a Corroding nature, doth penetrate the Vellels, Membranous Cavities ( interwoven with a great number of Fibres) in rvhofe Bofome was lodged a large proportion of Watry Liquor, diftending the whole body of the Spleen. Blood Anlnflamma‘ This noble part is firl't Tumefied by a great . quantity .of Serous , . 3 tion of the tranfmitted by the numerous Ramulets of the Caeliack Arteries, inferred into Spleen, degc‘ the Glands of the Spleen, and is afterward inflamed by l'tagnant Blood, iirhiiicgcigm (lodged in their fubllzance) which in a fhort time lofeth its Nature, and its ferous parts are turned into a corrupt Matter, corroding the Veerls and Coats of the Spleen, through which it maketh its way into the Cavity of the Belly; whereupon Watry Humours have a free accefs unto it, and do gene- ratca great dil'tention of the Rim and Mufcles of the Abdomen, commonly called an Aftitzlr. A Frierbeing of a cold and molt Conftie‘tion, was OppreHEd with a load of SerousHumours, which pallet? on x the .L, Vcntriele of the Heart through the Common, and then through thr. Hellendent Trunk of the Aorta, into the Catliack Artery, infertcd into the Clands ofthc Spleen, highly diltending them; which produced great pains in his Left Side, and a high difalfeé‘tion of the Spleen, which at lalt concluded in the exit of Life. And his Body being opened, the Liver appeared to be found, and the 33,113,133?" Spleen half Putrefied and Ulcered; whereupon the Putrid Matter, and a Stalemfource of \Vatry Humours, had arecourfe to the Cavity of the Belly, enlarging it to a great degree. ‘ or at lealt palleth through their Spaces to the Ambient parts of the Body, A Dropfie all?) may arife from the broken Lymphedué'ts of the Spleen, ADmpfican- through which it pierceth, and maketh way to difcharge a troublefome Guelt which is produced after this manner, by rivulets of W atry Recrements, 31- broken Lym- which giveth great pain, till it be thrull: out of Doors : Whence proceedeth an Ulcer, which is a flux of Purulent Matter, coming out of the putrid inward Beccflés of fome part of the Body, whereby Nature endeavoureth to preferve it felf by the evacuation of a corrupt ofl'enfive Humour. An Inflammation may alfo be derived, as I apprehend, from thin and hot Blood, opening the Terminations of the Capillary Arteries, inferred into fociatcd with the Mafs of Blood, and carried by the Terminations of the Ca- KISSES? pillary Splenick Arteries, into the fubltance of the Glands, wherein a great quantity of Lymphatick Liquor (being fecerncd from the purer parts of the . In anlnflem niauonct' the 7790 TdtbOIOgie of the Spleen, &c. a longtime with diVers kinds ofSymptomatick Fevcrs, the confiquents of an inflammation of the Spleen, proceeding from grofs Fazculent Blood, which at lali made aclofc of her uncomfortable Life. Afterward the Abdomen being opened, the Spleen was tied (lightly by a lVIembranc to the Mic/Hf, and was loofc in its lower Region, and defcended into the Cavity of the Belly, two Fingers below the Ballard Ribs, and was very hard, and of a Leaden Colour, and was \ery much Tumefied, weigh. ing above Forty Pound; and being I'utrid in its inward parts, was filled u: Splecnxaui‘rd by a quantity cfgoorl Blood. Book I. Part I II. . . I Ling from the Viral and Nervous Juice) is tranfmitted into the Lymphzeduél's (feated between the Coats of the Spleen) which being encircled with fine and tender , the Membranous Cells of the Spleen: So that their Cavities, have been dif- Tunicles, are eafily broken by the freer firearms of the Lympha, overflowing their thin Banks, into the lake of the Belly, and railing it fometimes to .. covered to be full of Extravalated Blood ( diltending firft the Cavities of monllrous Dimen lions, ed to be {all of Blood. tltefe Cells, and confequently the body of the Spleen) which cannot be difcharged by the Minute Extreamities of the Capillary Veins, whereupon Nature confulting its own good and cafe, doth turn the Blood into Pus, whence ilIueth an Abfcefs, which being broken, is productive of an Ulcer, the happy termination of an Apolleme, evacuating an exuberant ill affected Blood, and thereby giveth Health and eafc. Another kind of Tumour of the Spleen being fofc and oedematous, or fcrous, is derived from a quantity of Blood mixed with indigefied Chyme, or ferous Humours fpued out of the Extreamities of the Caeliack Capillary Arteries, implanted into the Membranous Cells of the Spleen, whereby the whole Compage of it is endued with greater Dimenfions. An ordinary Perfon, long complained ofa Swelling, and pain in the Left Hypocondre, which rendrcd his Life very troublefome, and after a tedious Sicknefs, gave up his Soul into the Hands of his molt Gracious God, and Merciful Redeemer. The prctctna‘ tural greatnels of the Salem. Not long after his Death, an Incifion being made into his Belly, and a recourfe being had to the Left Side, to fee the caufe of his Difeafe, his Spleen was difcovered to be of an extraordinary greatnefs, as palling down beyond .11: id The Spleen alfo is liable to another Difeafe, which hath fome affinity Egg; with the former, in reference to its Caufe; Lymphatick Liquor, fevered from the Blood in the Parenchyma of the Glands, and received into the Ex. treamities of the Lymphaaduéls, and carried through them to the Ambient parts of the Spleen : So that the thin Tranfparent Liquor, having not a free paifage, dothextcnd the Coat of the Lymphaeduéls, whence aril'e many Velicles in the furface of the Spleen, commonly called Ebdatider, which are nothing elfe‘but the Tunicles of the Lymphazduéts, fwelled with too large a quantity of Lympha. ‘ . S, h The Spleen is not'only Obnoxious to Inflammatio‘ns, Oedematous, and mm}, Setous Tumours (of which we have already Difcourfed ) but Scirrhous too, 2:233:31: which are indolent hardTumours, proceeding from an earthy grofs Mafs of Emma:13r- Blood difpenled by the nimtrerous Caeliack Capillary Arteries, into the fab- mm" ‘ fiance of the Glands,'where it fiagnares by reafon of facule'ncy, rendring it unfit to be receivcdcltrtpth‘e Minute Roots qfthe Splenick‘ V, i‘n's' {0 that the . Spleen acquireth a hard‘Ttimoul by the 'grol's Blood lodged‘hi-‘i‘li‘e Interflices of the Veilels (belonging to tlié Glands )"alidmavingJ‘M Its Motion; Rr rrr groweth |
