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Show 4.78 Of t/ac IQdflUf. Book I. Part ll? we may eafily dilcern the connexion which the Glands have with the Arteries and Veins too, whole Extreamities are inieéled with the Liquor, which be: jug {ti-ongly injected into the Emul gent Veins, maketh its way throu gh Various Branches (by breaking their Valves) into their utmol't Termina. (ions ; but the injeéled Liquor doth not prevail {0 far as toting the had y ‘ Learned Malpz'g/Jz'm, tried many Experiments to find out the Connexion i of the Glands, and Urinary Dné'ts, which prove d inel‘lec‘tual, but at lafi V ' he was Malter of his dclign, by Opening ionic part of the Belly of a Dog, and putting Ligaiures upon the Emulgent Vein and Ureter; \ll'lel‘eupon the Animal living Fome time, of the Glands with its dark huei (iliinilsi this Learned Author took the Kidney out of his Body, highly turgid with Blood, and cut it long-ways, wherein he plain. ly difcerncd both the Urinary Dué‘ts, and the Glands, appendant to the Ex. treamitics of the Veilels. The Glands of the Kidney, lodged in its Ambient parts, in Perions of Mature Age, are beautilied with an even Surfac e, by reaion the GI obnles (of which the Kidney is framed ) being fully grown , do fill up the former In. tcrfiices, and thereby are (0 cloiely conjoyned, that they {eem to make one uniform Surfilcc; which is more unequ al in Infants newly Born, before the Minute Globules acquire their due Magnitude, and then the Spaces intercetling the Globules, are cafily diicernible, by reafon their Protuberancics give an unevennefi to the fiirface of the Kidney Thei‘e (ilobules in Bruits +, are outwa rdly roundilli, and inwardly end in a kind of blunt Cone; and their Sides by which they are united to each other, coniiii of Four, fometimes Five or Six Angles : And after a different cishuicsare manner, it is obfervable in Men, that the Globnles oi' the Kidney have a ‘ P . firm and clofe conjunaion with each other, and every Globiile is a Sylie me of many Glands ( invcfied with one comm is encircled with a proper Coat ) appen on Membrane, and every Gland dant to the divarications of Veilels of various kinds, rclhmbling Grape s hanging upon Stalks, or finall Aonles or Berries, bcfetting the Branches of Trees, and the Globules being inuialr dly infpeéted in the Cortical parts of the Kidney, are made upof various Glands attended with Intcrfiices, pafling up and down the Globules in many M22: anders, which are rendred confpicuou s, by the injeétion of Black Liquor in- Book I. Part III- 0f the IQrz'ncyr. 4.79 And as to the Ferments acting the Blood, in order to the {cparatiOii of its digital-{51" nobler from its more ufeleis parts, the firil: is a Seleét Liquor deitilling out Siiicdisiii. of the Extreamities of the Nerves into the body of the Glands, where it en- qdori'ifpocountreth the Blood, and giveth it a dilpofition of parting with its Recie- 21:51:23"? enrs. m The fecond Ferment of the Kidneys, itiiiiilierial to the Depuration ofgf‘r'mlgz‘t'ific Blood, are the faline Particles of the Serous Liquor, which adhaere to the 32:13:; Coats oil the Vcilbls (lodged in the Glands) in its paiTage into the roots ‘ of the Urinary Dufts, which openeth the body of the Blood in order to Percolation To fpeak more clearly and Fully to the ufe of the Kidneys, I conceive it belongeth principally to the Glands, the Colatories of the Blood, as they are a competition of Arteries, Veins, Nerves, and Urinary Duets, by rea- fon the Extreamities of all thefe Veiiels are implanted into them near each Other : So that the Blood being carried by the Terminations of the Arteries, into the fubi‘tancc of the Glands, meeteth with the Juice dropping out of the Extreamities of the Nerves, and alfo aflociates with Lixivial Salt, part- ed from the Serous Liquor, and Bicking to the Coats of the VelTels; whereupon the Blood 216th With thei‘e Ferinents, hath its Compage opened and rendred fit for the Seeretion,of its fine from the Excrementitious Particles; the {id} are carried into the neighbouring Roots of the Veins, and the other to the near Origens of the Excretory Veirels. , _ Whence it may be inferred, with iome good probability, that one ufe (migraine to which the Kidneys may be configned, is to bedew and enoble the Blood my, with a choice juice (deflilling out of the fruitful Nervous Fibres, terminating into the Glands of the Kidneys) which contributeth much to its Inteltine Motion, in exalting it with Spiritiious and Saline Particles. The fecond ufe, and the chiefeit, is to deputate the Mais of Blood, by T'" "m" ' ufc of the making a feparation of the Serous Recrements, which I humbly conceive, flagging is accomplilhed after this manner. The Blood inoVing gently through the tiles; the numerous Arches of Arterial Branches, till it landeth at lail: by innumera- Thcm'mm ble Capillaries, into the fubfiance of the Glands confining on the furface'of how I," the Kidneys, where the Blood is defaecated from its watry Impurities, which 53%;?" to the Einulgent Artery; as it hath been more largely reco unted in a Difcourie above. is produced by a kind of ferment of Nervous Liquor, and Lixwial Salt, pre- The conliant {beams of Watt y Parti as Aqua-duéts into the Bladder of Urine cles flowing down the Ureters 'l', , as into a Lake, do lhew the Fountam and Spring-head to be_in the Kidneys, as the Colatories of the Blood, and Origcn of the Serous Liquor (defii lling into the out~lets of this Bowel Thcdcmm as a Recrcmcnt fevered from ) the Vital Liquor: Whence it may be inferred, on om, that Nature hath defigned the Kidneys, to be Organs of refini Bioolis cani ~ ng the Blood, ~ - ~ as g, m, from . its watry impurit . i ies 5 and the great diflicu , . lty Will arii‘e, fric‘litiiiineqcvsf, purarion is performed, which Iapprehend, dcpendeth upon how this Dethe Puncture of antibypcui‘ this Bowel, and the nature of the Ferments railing a Fermentation hat icrments. 4 . . in the Blood, in order to its feeretion from the warty Faeces. that the Percolation of the Blood, is effected by the Configuration of the Extreamities of the Serous Vellels, correfponding in file and Ihape, with the minute atomes oF the watry Recrements, which are thereby received into the‘r dulv ro ortioned Orifice-s. ,7.m.r.i.c. cipitating the Purple Juice: But above all, my meaner Sentiments are, l/Vhereuipoii the Urinary Duéis, import the thin, liquid, and {alt Excremerits of the Blood, through the body of the Kidneys, into. the Papillary Caruncles, which do afterward difcharge them into the PelVis, the Mouth of the Uretersi The motion of thefe ferous Fxces of the Blood, is very much aflifted by dgtfliiiiiliilmthc Infpiration, in which the Lungs being fwelled, and the Thorax dilated, the 3:23,, iiiii-‘E Diaphragme mufl be brought from an Arch to 2. Plain, in its Contraéhon, guengcfmii: and by confequenee muft profs the Stomach and Intel'tines downward, and $57,233": "‘°""""‘""‘ A5 C0 ~the fir": The Kidneys, or Syfiemcs of Variou ‘ ,t. one"; portin. g, qullO lS, as Arteri. es and Nerves, the one Vital, s Veifels, {omeimthiels. and the other Nerance of the Glands, the other export Liquors; the one being \"eins, convey the DepuratedABlOOd and other bein Excretory Veiiels, do difcharge its Recrements. ) 8 comprels the adjoyning Kidneys, and promote the flux of the ferous ReCremenrs of the Blood, by fqucefing it through the Urinary Vefiels into the And CHAP.‘ are tompagcs Pelvis. |
