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Show Book I. Part III, Book I. Fart Ill. C H A P. 0f the Liver. , 4.29 This nfeful [ntral is connected to various parts, to confine it within its The Conncxi. Proper place and fituation, which is performed by the mediation of three ff‘iji‘l‘" Ligaments: The firll: IS {tiled Sufpenflirium, which keepeth up the Liver, Hi it flrould fall down into the Cavity of the Abdomen, and comprefs the VII. 0f the Liter. Intel'tines, and hinder the paifage of the Chyle and grofs Excrements, the , Aving Treated of the Spleen, and all its variety of parts ( fet roge[her in excellent order, fpcaking the Wifdom of the Grand Architect) as an afiilfant of the Liver, in making a Ferment, and difpofing the 'flredeftrip‘ Blood in order to a fecrction of the Bilious parts of the Liver. I will now Efilfifm handle this noble Intral, as it is a Colle&ive Body of feveral parts, Mem. branes, Vefiels, Glands, and Parenchyma, which are fo many Integrals, making one entire body of the Liver, which is feared in the upper Region of the lower Apartiment ( relating to the fine Fabrick of a Humane Body ) about 2. Fingers dil'tance from the Midrzfi, in the right Hypocondre; which is much filled up by its Bulk, and is extended toward the Left Side, a little Thetonvcx parts of the lower Apartiment. The fecond Ligament of the Liver, by which it is kept in its proper fia- Examtion, is directly oppofite to the former, and is called the Umbilical Vein, ‘fflwgfi degenerating into a Ligament +, after it hath executed its office in the Womb, [Cal‘v'crinmll‘ belore the birth of the Faetus; it crecpeth out of the Fillirre of the Liver, "'9‘ HE and terminates into the Navil, to which the Liver is tied for its greater fe- gaments. entity. It is adorned with a Superior and Inferior Surface, the upper being Con- Midrif, and doth guard it in its delcent, betWeen its hinder part and the Spine. . The Concave part of the Liver, doth cover the Tylorw, and the upper Eff": "‘6 and fore Region of the Stomach, and fome part of the Caul. The right part of the Concave Surface of the Liver, reacheth to the right Kidney and inveftcth fome part of the Colon, feared in that fide, and covereth the whole finadmum, and fame part of jejunum and Caul. The lower Margent of the Liver, and its lowefi Confines in a found Body, do defoend below the. Ribs into the Cavity of the Belly, and come near the Navil; and in unhealthy Perfons, go beyond it. T1,,L,,.e,.,, The Liver is feared in the rightHypocondre, by the great Prudence of {Intlflly‘é‘ the Heavenly Agent, to be near the Vemz Caz/a, from which it borroweth when. many confiderable Branches and hath only a fmall Artery, called the Catliack, fprouting out of the Defcendent Trunk of the Aorta, feared in the left Side, as deriving its Origen from the left Auricle of the Heart: And upon this account, the Livers of other Animals, as well as Man, have their greatefl: part lodged in the right Hypocondre, and their Spleens in the left, as having great Communion. "mare" or The Liver hatha double Surface, the one Gibbons, the other Concave: Eifriiifi‘ihc The firfi is made Convex, that it might be the more conveniently received Liver. into the bofome of the hollow Region of the Diaphragms in its relaxation, The third Ligament of the Liver, and the weakefi, is thin and broad, Th: thirdLi- faltning the Liver to the Enfiform Cartilage, and is derived from the very iii‘ifhicriliicr Membrane ( invcfting the Parenchyma of the Liver) as being nothing elfe $32.33,, but a Duplicature of it, extending it felf to the Enliform Grille, which doth not penetrate the intrals of the Liver, as being implanted only into its Coat: And this Ligament is long, loofe, and pliable, that it may be upon occalion eafily extended, and cloth not fupport the weight of the Liver, but only falien it, left it {hould tumble to this or that fide, or fall to the Spine in forcible Motions of the Body. This noble part hath alfo many other Connexions, and is faltned to the T116;°,"""L‘3‘ Trunk of the chz Cam, by many Branches divaricated through the Paren- igrctoirlicri: chyma of the Liver, and is tied to the Mefentery and Caul, by the interpofition of a Membrane, which is ferviceable to the carriage of the Vena (Porto and (Form Bilarim, into the inWard Recefles of the Liver, and is faltned to the Stomach, Mefentery, Guts, Caul, Spleen, and (Pancreas, by the inter- ceiiion of the chz q'arta : So that the Liver, by its many Connexions to igniivd'cic': "m"dcaul' Stomach, gudtglffrlfzn, hythclncdidl ill/3:55:32: various neighbouring parts, is kept fafe in its own proper feat, leaf‘t it lhould be hindred in its Operations, and give a dillurbance to the adjacent confines of other Vilcera. This excellent part is carried with an obfcure Motion, and giveth way 525132326]: to the contraction of the Diaphragms, forcing it dOWn in Infpirarion, and 5:5,??? is alfo drawn upward by the contraction of the Abdominal Mufcles, which itislaéfidwitali by their Compreflion, {hove it upward in Expiration: The parts of the Li- 222:2",‘3553. Ver have not one equal and uniform Motion , by reafon its fore and outward 3,25%." parts are mof't liable to it, and thofe confining the Back have greater rcpofe, by reafon the Liver is affixed to the Back, by vertue of the chz Carr/a, and or elfe there would be an empty fpace interceding the Mid"? and LiVCl'i hath a greater freedom of Motion in the Anterior and Exterior parts, becaufe which 15 a good contrivance of Nature, which wifely difpo cth all things it is only loofely tied by a long Ligament to the Enfiform Cartilage, which giveth the Liver at liberty of playing up and down. . Some Anatomilis do conceive the External Figure of the Liver, to be like 5,53%? "f a Turbat (which in my opinion is very obfcure, as the length cxceedeth the breadth) and is endued with an Oval Figure, and is thicker and prominent in the middle, and more thin toward the Margent, which refieth upon Sffff the in great Order, that the Convex Surface of one part, lhould be fitted to the 3:112:33? Concave of another; whereupon the lower Region of the Liver is rendred furfacc,‘ whofe Tunicle ( invel'ting the lower furface of the Liver) it is not only in- 2‘: Wingferted, but infinuatcs it felf into its fubfiance, and is implanted into the Capfula (covering the Veffels) to fecure it from breaking the Coat of the Liver, in violent Motions, which if done, would highly difcompofe the beyond the Enfiform Cartilage, to whom it is faitened by one of its Li- Elli?" [ht vex, is contiguous by the interpofition of the Rim of the Belly to the Ballard Ribs, and to a great part of the fliap/Jragme, and to the hinder Region of the right Hypocondre, about the right part of the Spine, to which it taketh its progrefs Crofsways, and giveth way to the Vemz C4714, perforating the Thaw," reliques of Concoétion. This iirong Ligament is faltned above to the Mi- Essay? drifl, and taketh its rile from the Teritomenm (where it encompafleth the "W 0h" _ . . . , Liver, whereflzg‘hbraglfle) and paifeth Crofsways by the Liver to its hinder part, into byitisticdro hollow, to embrace clofely the anterior convex part of the Stomach and Guts, wheniégcnded with Contents. This |
