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Show R 0f the Obit/MEI; of lVommz. nv: . are n smut-d into "‘3 1101114 I}- Lari. Booldm Or rather, I conceive, that thole procclles, Whether they be broader and more lhort, or longer and more narrow (wherefoever they be found running down the lides of the womb) to be Branches of the Ligaments (by which the Womb is detained in its proper place,) and no part of the TahiFallopiazm conveying the Impreguared Eggs from the Tefiicles into the inward Recelles of the womb, or any Seminal Liquor into it, by map," theie Procelles of the Ligaments are endued with no Cavity, in which any Liquor may be tranlinittcd from part topart; and farthermote, thele AP. pendages of the Ligaments are aHixed only to the outward Integumenrs of the womb, and no Where perforate the ard Coat belonging to the Ca- Vity of the liter/i5, and if any hole can L icovercd in the bottom of the Womb, a Probe may be put through i: it» , one of the Tuba: Fallopiamc, or Deferent Vellels. The Oii‘ufls hart-no ‘Ciiiinil VcIIcls. Other learned Anatomilts do fancy Vrimls (like the Loam) to pals through the Coats (by which the Defer-grit Veflels are tied to the Telli- . cles ) and carry Seminal Liquor into the [rt/LC Fol/opimzx: To which I make g bold to give this Anliver, That the Membranes of the Womb are furnifhed with Arteries, Veins, Nerves, and Lymphxduéts, and have no other Veil {cls through which the Semen may be conveyed from the Tefiicles to the ‘ Deferent Veilels: And I apprehend the Vellels, which the Learned Au. thours fay refemble the Loam, Inuit be Nerves (divaricating themfelves through the outward Membrane of the \Vomb) which cannot be Chan- The Hg:- mtn s are net Def rcnth‘{t s. nels tranfmitting Semen into the Tobie Follopiamc, as having no prOper Cavities fit for it, and are Veilels appointed by Nature for another ufe, to convey Sltflflkf Nutritive between their Filaments. Other Proleffors of Phyfick not well verled in Diaediions, do think the Round Ligaments to be Deferent Vellels ; which I conceive very improba~ ble, becaule they are compol‘ed of a folid Membranous fubfiance deliitute of any Bore, but grant them to be Pervious, yet they could be of no ufe‘ to difpenl'e Semen from the Tefiicles into the bofom of the Womb, by tea» {on the Round Ligaments are inferred into the Fat, covering the Share-bone (near the Clitoris) into which (if they were true Channels) they Would traufinit the Semen, and not into the Cavity of the \X/omb, which is the due place for Semen to be injected. Having dilcourlEd fome Opinions of the Deferent VelTels of the Womb, which feem l'omewhat improbable, I will now prefent you with a delEription of them out of Learned Fallapim, ( which is more agreeable to the Strufiure of the Parts ) in his own wordsJ Obfer'wzt. Anotam. p. 4.72. MMrm wro zflc Seminariws, gracilir (r anguflm‘ admodnm internertveu/S ac Candidiw d rormt ipflm Hieri, tumq‘, [74mm rerefléril 45 co latior fen/i»! redditur, é" (aprooli modo trzfiml /e done; rue/lid! prope finem, time diméfll‘f Capreolari- has right, afqa vii/ole [41m rcdolitnr 192mm extremum quoololam, quad Membranofimz Carneumq, 01) colors»: rubrum widctnr, extremumq; lacerum wold: éwzttrimm efl, veluli fimt paunorum ath‘itorum Fimbriw (‘7‘ foramm amplum ballet, quad fempcr tlaufum jacet coizoideiztibitr Fimliriir illio extremir, quw fl tamen diligent" aperianmr, at dilolentur, Twine cujufdam Ema: extremum Griffiuilz taprlmmzt. Thefe Deferent Vellcls called Tulm by Fallopim, are Seminary Charm€15 attording to his Senfe, but in truth are called Oviduéts, as conveying Impitgnated Veficlcs of Albuminous Liquor into the bofom of Womb, they are Nlembranous as Contextures made up of many fuch Filaments, and Carnous as interfperlbd with fleIhy Fibres. Theft: w y Book I. PartIV. 0f the OOH/tiff! of [Vomam 6o; Thele Tubes take their rile from the fides near the bottom of the Womb "mm", and are very finall in their hrlt Origen, and afterward grow more enlaroe d' my"? 0' and then have Flexures, like the Tendrels of Vines, twining way, and near their terminations have broad jagged Expanli this and that the omum ons ( encom- The mom palling half of the Tel'ticles) fomewhat refcmbl ing the Fringes of Garments Sid? 0"" as they admit divifions into many Particles; whole elegant Figure may be: I plainly been if it be put into water by the help of a Microfcope. In this Ornament Fringing the Confines of the Tefiicles, de Graaf recounteth many Hydatides to grow, as alfo hard Stones, which adhere to the extremitie of the Fimlzrioe s . In COWS, Dogs, Cats, Cunneys and Hares, and in other Animals thele Fallopian Tubes take their Origination from the Horns of the Womb, and have no Fringes, as not being divided into many pieces, as in Women, but have entire Expanfions feared near their Extremities, which {hide half the circumference of the Tel'ticles at a diltance, and are no where affixed to the Teliicles but by the interpofition of a thin Membranous Expanfi on, as it ap- In Bruits the giilugiélsi.‘ f'°";;l‘°."" m m peareth in Animals endued with a horned Uterus. The Tubes are encircled with a double Membrane, the outward taketh its The Coats of Origen from the @critomeum, and is one continued Membrane With that of [rhiicooiiilifii the Mternr, and is free from all Afperities and Protuberancies, and is thicker Cm toward the "term, and afterward ngeth more thing fo that the wrinkles of the inward Coat in Brures may be clearly feen. The Bore of thefe Tubes is very variousin feveral parts of them, and is very final] in its Origen near the Womb, and afterward is more dilated, and where it is broadefi its Cavity is [0 great, that it will admit the little and is much narrowed near the Termination about the confines Finger, of the Teiticles. The inward Coat of the Deferent Vefl'els is common to that of the "Is. The inward mm, but is much differen t in Strufiure, by reafon the inward Membrane of the Womb is fmooth, and that of the Tubes is full of Folds, mofl: confiyi. 8m?" cuous in both their Extremities, which (as I conceive) proceed eth from the greatneis of the inward Coat as much larger than the other; whereupon the inward Coat contraéteth it felf' into Folds to narrow it felt, and comply with the capacity of the outward Integument, as being leis than the other. |
