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Show 0/ the til/172th" of the Liver. Book I. Part I l l. Book I. Part _I ll, 4.37 0f the gland: of [/93 Liver. So that the defcription of the Glands, may be Exhibited aficr this man- TMW; tc met: To be a tender, white, and friable Subi‘tance, COHflfliitlg of QI‘CQE Viltietv of thlels, interlined with Nervous, and Cryltalline Liquor, firmly acerefcing to them 3 and every Gland either hath one continued fubfiance, included in one common Membrane, or elfe it hath the Lice only of one entire Body, but in truth, is compofed of many lVlinute Globules (befettino the above and below, they are affixed by thin Membranes, to the inward fluface both of the Convex and Concave parts of the Liver 5 elfe it being divided by many lnterl'tices of the Glands and Fiffures of its fubltance (which ambient parts of the Liver 1-) )oyned together by the interpolitiijn of and to each other, and to the Coat (invefiing the Liver) by the interpofition of the innumerable fine Ligaments. Vcfl‘clq, and Mcmbranous Filaments; whereupon every Globule having a proper Coat, may be reafonably judged a dif'tinél Gland. fliciliiilicn The Glands are called by Sylvim, Conglomerate, and Coqglolmm, and may 7 ("3‘1" be denominated from their feveralOHices, Excrctriccs, and Reduétrices: In the one, after a Secretion is made in the fubfiance, of the purer parts fmm the lefs line, in order to Allimilation, their fuperfluous Particles ( as to Nutricion ) are received into the Roots of the Lymphazduéts, or Veins. "WWW" in the other Excretory Glands, firlt, The more refined Particles of the d 13:.- Sizer!" Nutrients, and Vital Liquor, do aflociate ( as being near akin) When the C age of the Liquors is opened in their fubflance, and afterward, the unpre table parts are received into the Roots of form: Excretory VCllbls ending in a common Trunk, whence they are conveyed into fome greater Ca: vity, or Receptacle. ‘Whencc it may be plainly deduced, that Glands are Colatories of vari5 ans Liquors, (whole Particles are different in Magnitude and Figure) and .a its blood. thereupon areContextures of many Vell'cls, haying Extreamities dilagrec. ing‘ in lhapc and file; upon which account, the various bores belongino to the Roots of Velfels, cannot give reception to Heterogeneous Liquors, tJun- lefs a fepararion be made of the dilagreeing Particles, and the Homogeneous reconciled and united, which being Commenfurare in Magnitude and Figure to thCaOrifices of the Veflels, have a free accefs into them. > C, Having dilcourfed of the nature of Glands, in a common notion as Pre« nuhyGlohn- liminary: it is time, now to handle them more particularly, as they relate lc5~ to the Liver, which fsemeth to a vulgar Eye, to be one uniform entire Red 'Subftancc; but being curioufly infpeéted, will plainly appear to be a body compofed of many Globules, whofe peculiar circutnlEriptions and bounds may be plainly feen in the Livers of Men, Beafis, Fowl, and Fill], and efpircially in the lalt, as in Skaits, Thornbacks, Salmon, err. in which we may clearly difcovcr the Interftices (parting the Glands one from another) diflinguifllable in Colour from the body of the Glands. The Globules being compofed of many Glands, are molt confpicuous in , the Livers of other Animals, which may be clearly feen in the lower RC- 1,:iifm gion of the Liver of a Garfifh a.) and in the Origen of the Liver of a Lamif 38 1'1! ii. prey, where the Membrane is {tripped off + The {lnlfllflc In reference to a more dil'tinét knowledg of thefe Glands, Iwill endeatf the Cliniis V , . ‘ ,- vour to fer forth their Strtlélure made up of Situation, Connexion, Figure, Subflance, and Ufe. As to the firll, They are confined within the body of the Liver, and are feared both in the Convex and Concave Region, in its Ambient parts and in- Ward Recelles, and are difperfed through the whole fubf'cance of the Liver, which is molt chiefly integrated of numerous Glands. The can: _ The great company of Glands (making the larger body of the Globules) ihctilclliiiiii; are ‘0 many Appendages of the Veffels, to which they 'are connefied near "We their Terminations, and the Glands too are clofely conjoyned to each other by the mediation of many Membranous Fibres, and in the External parts both above are plainly difcernible.) would fall in pieces, and its Globules and Glands would part one from another, were they not firmly faflned to the Veffels, The Globules and Glands are affixed to the Divarications of numerous El‘flmg‘c Veffels near their Extreamities, in which thefe of the Liver do rcfemble elu- "m S" (1,; tiers of Grapes, as tied to their Stalks, and the Minute Glands ( integrating o the Globules) are adorned with a Figure of many fides, called Hexagon, 2,2,, ,, ardarelbmewhat like the Stones of Grapes in bignefs: And the Globules (Wk(which are fo many ‘letems of finall Glands) Where they are appendant to the Veflels, are beautified with a Conick Figure; which is confpicnous in the Livers, not only of Man, but of Beal'ts too, which have the fame Conick fliape 3 and in a Cat newly Kittened, the Globules appear diflinét, as circumfcribcd with their proper Spaces, obfcrving fuch orderly diltances, that they feem to refemble a kind of Carved Work. And divers Globul: F _' . (being many collective bodies of Glands ) are enwrapped within P‘OPW Coats , and firmly tied to each other by fine Ligaments, running crofiWays, and keeping them in their due Ration, in which thefe Globules are fo fitted to each other, that they have equal Spaces interceding them, when their Cones change their fituations; and its worth our Obfervation, that there is not the fame Figure of the Globules, belonging to the Liver of all Ani- _ mals, in which there is great variety: And in many Fifh, they are fomc- ihliliihlilirc What like a Trefoil, from whence arifeth a great loofenefs and foftnefs in the iffr‘fm " Compage of their Liver 3 as] have often fecn in them, by reafon (as Inge- . nious Malpigbim faith) The greater Lobules, as he calleth them, are of fuch cruiiii‘iiiyorbiiii-s a {hape (confining of many Angles) that they cannot be clofer conjoyned "V "1"" r° to each other, whence great Spaces may be difcerned, inrereeding the I 0. Elg‘iflildjil‘, bules; whereupon the fubflzance of the Liver groweth loole and pliable, 0:6llodzrlzer,(o as apt to give way upon motion of Swimming, in which they make many fhort turnings and girks in the Water. In other Creatures, the Lobulcs ( which I call Globules, as eafier to be Ty. Flam: tinderliood) do refemble a Pea; and in a Cat, they have many Sides, and Zldiidioiiifdifi variety of Angles. In a Humane Liver, fometimes they are found of a Cu- 22;?" An" bical Figure, as Learned Maebim relateth in a Sick Perfon, whole Lobules were petrified with a Concreted Tartar, affociated with the Blood, The fubltance of the Glands ( appertaining to the Compage of the Liver) I" may be confidered under a double Notion; and is that which the Ancients, _ and mofi Modern Anatomlfis, call Parencbyvm: Which if taken in a. firiét ijk . Senfe, is nothing elfe (as I humbly conceive) but fome Particles of Blood, 1‘7" "‘ interlining the \i'efrels in their palfagc from one Extreamity to another; whereby their outward Surface is tinged with Red, by the accretions of Viral Liquor flicking to them. But if the fubl'tancc of theft: Glands, be apprehended under a more free Editing"? and large Conception, it is more Comprehenfive, and is a Syllem of vari- cancéimiiiif ous kinds of Veins, Nerves, Excretory Veffels, ( as Lymphatdué'ts) belong- :fififm ing to the @omr Bilariur, and Bladder of Call, whofe Interflices are filled Up after a manner, with fome Particles of accreted Purple Liquor, left behind in its Motion between the various Tubes, chiefly compofing the fubflance of the Glands. Vvvvv The |
