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Show 0f the ‘Tcfliclcr. The Iiiofiula- tiuns of Arteries \vith VLKHS, Would hinder the rellCerOn of S;nii:ml Liquorin the 'l‘tllitlts. Book I. Part IV, liend, proceedcth from the various difpofition of Carnous Fibres. This outward thick and rough Coat, is divided into two equal Aparti- 71""553'" °f merits by a Suture, or Seam, running the whole length of the Bur/4, by which "NW/mm dal body, and no way affect the Arteries aflociated with them. the Scrotum is dil'tinguiflied into a right and left Region. The fecond common Coat, or Vefi of the Tel‘ticles, is lodged immedi- The from And it doth not only contradict Experience too, that the Preparing Arteries {hould have Inofculations with the Veinsy but alfo being fuppofed, thig ill Confequencc will follow; that the Blood defccnding out of the Trunk of the Aorta, into the Spermatick Arteries, would from thence be immedi. ately impelled through the Anaf'comofis, into the Veins: So that the courfe the Serous and Chymous Particles to the Parenchyma of the Teiticles, wherein they are to be fevered from the Red Craflament of the Blood, as a fubjeét matter of Genital Liquor. The {truc‘ture of the Tefiicles, which difcriminates a Man from the other Sex, is the fubjeét of our prefent Difcourfe, as they are encircled with many Tunicles, beautified with an elegant Figure, compofed of a uniform The rlivifion of theTuni~ rles of the Tellicles into tummon and proper. l'he make of the Know»: or Buds. liibl'tance, and various Veffels, and enabled with an excellent ufe. The Tunicles, or Coats, invel'ting the Tefiicles differ in largenefs, flru» ante, and finenefs: Vefalim, fliemerbroerk, Wefllz'ngim‘, and molt Anatol mifis, have enumerated only Four 3 but Columbm and Lindanm, have given out a fifth, and have been more curious in their Phancy, then Nature in her Production; and have made two of one Coat. And therefore I will infift My mi the Bur/a, filled Dam, and rakerh its anger from the sites: Membramz C limo/fr, a thin Mufcular Membrane, drefltd with many Carnous 1" 9W" Fibres, and accommodated with many Ramulets and Veins, ihading this fine Coat, which revive it with the courfe and recourfcof Vital Liquor : And by the help. of this Covering, allilted with Helhy Fibres, the neigh- Thenl'cpfthe homing Coat, called the Burfiz, contraéteth and purfeth up it (elf, whence giliiieiiiiih. it is endued with various Folds and Wrinkles, efpecially when it is expofed to the cold Air, which caufeth the Carnous Fibres to contract themfelves, and narrow the dilated Dimenfions of the firl't Coat of the Scrotum. And Iliavc read a Hiltory of a Man, who had a power given him by Nature, flowing from the Carnous Fibres, to contract his Scrotum at pleafure; as fomc I'vlcn hare a freedom to contract their Foreheads when they pleafe, which proceedeth from the Mufcular Fibres, lodged under the Skin in the Forehead. And it is further obferved by Women, skilful in Nurfing of Children, 71,, comm. that the contraction of the Scrotum, is an emblem of Health and Strength; fx,;"gh§f_"" and they think it an ill Omen in Infants when they Suck, to have a relaxed gar-{glam in the f'teps of molt Anatomil'ts, in afligning only four Tunicles enwrap- Scrotum, proceeding from the Mufcular Fibres, which are not able to contract the Scrotum, an argument of weaknefs in the Body. ping the Teflicles, which being framed together, do reprefent a Purfe (confilling of outward thicker Ruff; furniihed with many Linings) the Cabbanet are two: The firlt is {tiled Eiytbroez‘olcr, from its red Colour, as adorned 33mm of two precious Stories. Thefe Tunicles may admit another divifion of common and proper, of which the firfi is External, vulgarly receiving the appellative of Bur/a, from the Figure of a Purfe, compofed of Leather; and from this thick Coat, the whole compage of Tunicles borrow their denomination of Stratum, which was originally given to any Pouch made of a Skin or Hide, and upon this account it is called {0 in Man : And its outward Skin, called Burfi, is nothing elfe but a compofition of Cum and Cuticula, of the outward and . The proper Membranes, or Veils, more nearly encircling the Tefticles, The proper with great variety of Blood Veflbls; and thereupon Paul»: Eginem calleth mm":it Copreolorir, as Enameled with divers Velfels, refembling the Minute ":5me Branches of Vines. And others call this third Coat ungimm, as enclofing gm";‘5?;'1=d the Teflicles as in a Sheath, derived from the Coat relating to the Rim 0 Them fccond m "i . . , . the Belly; and to the outward futface of this Tunicle, is conioyned the Muf- proper coat i. 0le Cycmoflcr diam, which borroweth its origen from the Ligament of the ‘33" "3"": 0r rPuhir in Man : And in other Animals, from the Tendons of the tranfverfe 33535:" Mufclcs appertaining to the Abdomen, which take their rife from a very obfcure Mulch!- inward Skin, which is much thinner then in other parts of the Body, ador- Principle, which is fcarce difcernable, and the Carnous Fibres of this Coat ned with many fmall Arteries, Veins, and Nervous Filaments, interfperfed with flefhy Fibres, curiouily interwoven. This outward Coat is depritute of all Fat: Cbriflopber Riedenger, an Amflerdam Chirurgeon, giveth an account of Mr. Martin Scbatz'm, who as the run the whole length of the inferior region of the Vaginal Tunicle 5 and I Chyrurgeons conceived, laboured with a Hierm'o Inteflimzlir, which no Art thin Coat, and may be called a fine white vail for its Colour and Contex- $33;::::‘"I" or Induitry could f0 far reduce, but there always remained befide the Te- ture, immediately covering the fubflance of the Tefiicles, adorned with variety of Veffels, every way exactly complying with the fhape of them, and being of a clofe Compage, do every where encircle the tender frame of fiicle, a Tumour as big as an Egg. So that when this Perfon was Dead, thC Chyrurgeon of Amflerdom, being defirous to fee the Hierm'o, they could not reduce , opened the Body, and more efpecially the fwelled Scrotum, wherein upon a curious enquiry, they diibovered a quantity of Fat growing to the bottom of the Scrotum, and fome parts of the 113071 fafined to the vaginal Coat, by the interpofition of many Fibres. The realm uh} the XmHm hath no lar 519 the Liquor will defcend gradually into the Tef'ticles, and from thence be reconveyed into the Veins, and afterward fill the Branches of the Pyramj. into the fubftance of the Tefiicles, whereupon they would not communicate (it‘s. 0f the Toflio/or. and Liquor be freely injected by a Syringe into the Arterial Trunk above, of the Vital Liquor would be fo far intercepted, as not at all to be poured The Tuniclcs m the Telli- Book I. Part IV.‘ Andl conceive the caufc why Nature is to kind to it felf, as to deny all Fat to the infide of the Scrotum, is to keep it from a troublefome Extenfion, which would give a difcompofurc, and hinder the quicknefs and cafe of Pro- greflive Motion; and furthermore, this uneafie Lining, if fiufl'ed with Fat, would diforder the Relaxation and Corrugation of it: Which, as I 3531?"; Cl] conceive thefe Fibres are auxiliary to thofe of the Dortor, in order to contract the Scrotum." The fourth Tunicle of the Tefiicles, is the Albuginea, which is a very Therm-ii. the Tefticles, to conferve them in their proper place, as in a fafe Repofitory, and is very conducive by its mediation, for the better difpenlation of the Veil'els, which is evident in the Teltieles of Calves, in which the San- guiduéts may eafily be difcerned, to make their progrefs betWeen the Duplicature of this Coat. The outward furface of this Coat, feemeth to be fmooth, as well poliflia ed by Nature, and bedewed with a clear Cryl'talline Humour, fetting a kind of Clofs upon this Tunicle, in which the {oft compage of the Tefiicles are immured, as gently every way faflned to this Albugineous Coat 5 and to its upper |
