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Show 568 Of the Uterus. Book 1. Part IV. it c [)iiuenThe Cavity with which the body of the Womb is endu‘ed, hath but limll E lgjfifff," dimenfionsin Maids and Women not great with Child, fcarcc admitting a ""3' very linall VVallnut into its bofom. Th ligurcm' The Figure of this Cavity is lbmcvrhat Triangular, ofwhicli the moli long :,::‘,j:'vf;)'_‘"i angle is that of the Neck, and the other two relating to the bottom of the liter/ts have two liuall holes through which the mall: thin and fpirituons Par, titles of the Seminal Liquor are trauliiiitted into the Tuba: Fd/[upidnx, the Ovidué‘ts leading to the Orarys. "Ijigtinyililfi: The inward Cavity, appertaining to the body of the "term, is encircled mail," ' witha thin Coat, pinde with many minute holes, as well as the inward Integuirient of the Vagina and Neck, through which 3 terms thin Matter 'dotll oufe intotlie Cavity of the lllcrurflvhich fpeaketli great plealiire in time oi Coition : This Matter hath been conceived by the Antients to be Seminal Liquor, whiclil intend to handle more fully in a fubfequent Difcoui'li'. The Magnitude of tlie 11!ch in point of Dimenlions is very Various by realonof Age, Temperament, indulgence of Venery, Child-bearing, (n. and its ordinary length from the Orifice to its l‘uperiour Region, commonly called the Bottom, is scquiralent to three or four tranfverfe Fingers breadth, and about the Termination two and a half, and not above two about the Neck of it, and above all, the "term is endued with a very great thicknefs equalling 3 Fingers breadth, which is very much, if regard be had to (mail length and breadth. The "term in Maids and \ Vomen not with Child, is confined within the walls of the Share-bones, 0r San-um, and Bones of the Ilion, which are of a narrow compuls, which the liter/14 iinprsegnated, doth not only fill, but Book I. Part IV. i. '7 ~.-% RM ‘ 1 hc 141ch is clothed With many Coats, the {itli is Mcmbranous and is .1 new," common Iiitegumcnt borrowed from the (Peritonmtm, a common Parent of M‘mmm‘" all upper-Coats eiiwrapping the l'i/ttra of the lowel'c Apartime nt, grated oi Mtiiibranous interfperled with Nervous Fibres running it is inte- 73:2:th in feveral . , i I ) " lolirions, {o clolcly conioynt d to tach other, that they {com to be one entire cmiiiiage. The outward liii'face of this Membrane is befpriiikled with a ferous l iquot, and the liter/u by divers thin Membranes lbl'olltin? ‘ out of this Coal: is ,. n alhxed to the Into/imam rectum, Bladder of Gall, and other neiglibourinrr Inrts. D f The felconti Integulnielqt may be called Carnous principally found in the Tiicrccsmi I \ eiion ui 10 . o 7(‘1'101‘ amplified according to the greater and greater dimenfioris of the Farm as it 3112:1533: of obtaineth more and more perfection of parts, then the lubflance of the 14!:- grown tliic- rm groweth more plunipe, and the Coats become thick and fibrous, and the t,‘,‘,:;,‘".;‘;$,;c Carnous and Nervous Fibres are made more great and ltrong to compott With """ the weight and motion of a fonietimes heavy and rigorous Fawn; l0 that its firong and thick Fibrous Compage doth prefervc it felt fecurc agaiiifl all Th: (Mam danger of Laceration. ' _ of div-Vomit '1 he inward lubl'tance, when the Firms approacheth the Birth leemeth t0 fiiiiilflibiiilic be defpoiled of its Membranaceous and Glandulous nature, as putting on a. 3131:; 3'; ‘hchm- more flelhy habit, by reafon it is endued with large Blood-veilels, and greater flefliy Fibres, much increaling the fubfiance of the "term. And I conceive there is another wonder as great as any, to whom the Womb is incident, that when it hath difcharged its troublefomc Cue" and Attendants, flie returnetli to her former Rate of {'mall Dimenfions in: irritabcltt - * with ' Circular ' , Long, and Obliqu I ' e Fibres, ' 'C' l; illicguiiiiii gina "ten in order to its Birth; the Fibres do very much allil‘t the motions of the-Firth: commonly called Throws, in order to facilitat e the parting the Child from the MIL-rm to which it adhereth, and to convey it throurrh [he [Vagina into the World ; Thele Carnous Fibres do alfo promote the Hit o t tie iN1‘. en [bill ‘ t and Lochia, " by produci mg after Pains, ' the good effects of A a bad caulc. fi The .1 ~ thii‘d . ‘mt Ci isi ' 'eivous, and,'is compofed of many Nervous Fibres, ' The third and in y interwoven, which do givea moi} acute fenfation to the inward liirlace Ncmmcoat p f the ‘U l eriu'., Tl . iis. ' C oat i.is derived ' frOm the inward ' fiibliance of the chm-0m:"terns, to which it 1: lo firmly faltened, that it cannot be parted without Laa ceration. . dom of the Omnipotent Protoplali, that when the Miami is highly enlarged, that it inCi'eaIEtli in thicknels as well as circumference contrary to the nature of adil‘tended Bladder and Stomach which grow thinner and thinner, as they are more and more expanded by a greater and greater quantity of Contents, but on the other hand the "1ch when its Cavity is more and more tie i \r iic i air. \ciy letViccable in contraction of the Womb, [it'll performed in 0f‘1'cmm‘ the bottom of it, whereby the Fwnu is carried toward the Orifice and Va- extend it felt" to, and lbmetimes above the Navil, cotnprefling the Guts by its great difiention', and which is more wonderful, {peaking the great VVif- 0f the Uterus. . The inward fiibfiance of the Mterw: lodged between the Coats - it firmly adheietli by the Interpofitlon of Veflels, and is a Compofito Which The' a J tion of "mm" °f . . In", l" numero us lmall Glands lo finely united to each other by many thin Mem- than," branes, that they feein to conltitute one entire fubfiance, and in truth are feveral Glands ( ofwhich every one is encircled with a proper Coat) are 10 many byliems of Arteries, Veins, Non/es, Lymphazduéls and and Excrerorys: This biiblltance is endued witha whitifh Colour, and fomewh at of a ThCG'IndW' Spongy nature, much relemhling the Glandulous Compage relatina to other mum" o y. t e Bd parts 0 fh " The common ulc of this Subftancc is to deputatc the mals of Blood and The uf: at the Nervous Liquor, whole Recrements are tranlmitted into the Lymphz ducts SENS": 0f which at lall: dilcliai'ge their Liquor into the common Receptacle, and in ill ‘ , ‘ . . . E 1575". are fometimes carried down by the dcfccndent Trunck of: the Aorta and Hy- pogaltticlt Arteries, into the Glands of the them, where a Secretion is made of the chulencms from the more refined parts of the Blood, which are entertained into the extremities of the Hypogaftrick Veins, and return- :d toward the Heart, while the more Excrcmentitious parts of the Vital . very {hort (pace, Which is accomplilhed by the firong Flelhy Fibres of the iquolr are received into Excretory Ducts, by which they are difcharged into tic Cavrty of the Womb, and thence tranfinitted through the Neck "NH", reducing its admirable and great expanfion to a narrow Circumfetence confined within the {trait enclofure of the @clavi'r. um ; lo thatthe Glands of this part are F0 many Colatories of . _ i ood fecerning the Recrenients liom it, and conveyi. ng them through The C habits of Body the Vitiared lerous parts of the Blood, and agreat quantity of grofs Chymc not aflimilatedin Blood (which being allociated with it) zrgzna taltidBII/ e proper Channels into the bofom of the \Vonib, and are called by the Latzm‘, fitter Ail/7m, and by the Englifl}, the Whites. This Glandulous Subl'tauce (as I huuibly conceive) may claim to it "WNW a) which , . may feem _ . the time . of VVomens rh {elf another inc, probable during galbucsfilgf \ hgsgggg Rance of the Tamsmm |