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Show , d»; 07 the Placenta Uterina. ‘ _, w-\i:--* A \Vomaris ' ' . . Book l. f'aith. r I Now a queliion may be flarted, \VliCtlICI? impregnated \Vomen hav any ifiiii‘ctiuiiis Coryledones in reference to the Placer/m ; but before a reply be given, it may not be amifs to explain tlte word: The Grtckr have called. fomc 95113 Within the impregnated \Vomh, mmetwac, from a double likenels, firli from that thev have with the Herb Cot)rledone , in Latine limb/liens, Whole Leaves :ire thick and round, and fouiewhat uneven in their circumference, and fomevvhat hollow in themiddlc. S.condly, They are called wastes», from the fimilitude they haw with the cavity of the Ur Coxt'm/ix, Whieh is called by the Greeks wit->1, and by the Latines At‘ettzlmlum, (and is truly f0 named l1]? areto continent/0,) in Englilh, a Saucer 3 f0 that it is plain that Hi}:pocmter, and the Antients did not mean by Cotyledones, any protuberancies of Veiltls, or any fielhy or mamillary procelles of the \Vemb,butfome parts within it with manifel‘t Cavities, fomewhat refembling thofe of Saucers. "mm", Learned Dicmcrbrocrk is of an opinion, That the Cotylcdones are found, ;;"‘,§,§‘g, not only in Bruits, but in Women too, as may be read in Lila. I. Ana/0mm, lilsdmmde Veuirc iatfi'riore, p. 328. Qippe inmnlicrilzm, fl rem cum attentioue confideremur, 70/2 multx, fed mzim Izmmm (interdztm in gemel/ls (lute) efl (otyler/(m, frilicct tnta placenta literimz, que werflts Mterum [Ulzvexg waft" Cborion (Dem concava, Iota Idl'Z/id', Crafliufculd, [moi plena, rotunda, (5» in ambitu imequalir, exafle rcfi'rt folium bulbifcrcc Cory/edwifi hell/A}, wel etiam figurdm paras [rule/[Ar in qua acetum, aliutlrz/c Condimenmm ad z'ntinélm 1'22 mt'njzz apponilm'. In VVO- men, if you ferioully confider the thing, is found not many but one Cory- ledonc, ( fometimes K‘JVo in Twins ) ‘zxizl. the whole Tlacenta ‘Uterilm, which is convex tOWard the Womb, and hollow toward the Chorion, and Vi holly fmooth, and fomewhar deep, full of Juice, round and uneven in its circumference, exactly refembling the Bulbifei'ous plant called Cotyledone, or €le the figure of a little Dilh, in which Vineger or any other liquor is felt Upon the Table for Sawce. or. Gualttr Molt judicious and ingenious Dr. Walter Need/24111 hath other Sentiments, ,‘Xfigfl‘h'g‘g‘; and couceivetli, That the glandulous fublianccs of Sheep and Goats may mol'c , in his fecond Chapter rle @lacenta é» Glanlidfnil'llbsnioan. properly be called, Cotyledones . . . . . . (lulu p. 28, 29. chz qmdem 111,15 glmdulm perprram Coo/[2610mm (wean. (Luod ego vocalmlia jvlis 0711111425 6» ta/‘ri/sprimario deberi cxiflimo : ubi glandular? ute- rime pmlcr lurulamema, prcetlifltr etiam Cotyltzm majufmlam obtizzellt, qme totam ipfit fnptrfitiem exam/at inflarcupulteglandzk, faith this Learned Aurhor, That the Glands of fame Bruits are ill called Cotyledones, which word agreeth only to Sheep and Coats, where the Uterine Glands have Cavities (like thofe of Sawcers or fmall Dillies) which enclofe the convex carnous fubfiances, as the Cup eiic0iiipallEtli fome part of the Acorn. And I humbly conceive, That Cotyledoncs or Arctabula, are not in all Animals, and much lefs in Women Who have but one @lacerzta, not refembling the Cavity of the Coxendix or Sawcei'. W MEI," M‘W- BOO]; 1' Part IV' The rFlatt/m: is accommodated with Arteries, Veins, Nerves, and Lymphatduéts too, if Dr. I! barron may be believed; it deriveth Arteries from the Womb, which it impartcth to the 'Platenta where it adhereth to the Womb, which is alfo furnilhed with Umbilical Arteries ( propagated from the Trunk of the Aorta according to Dr. Needbam, and from the Crural Artery according to Dr. Harvey, and molt Anatomifis,) which do adorn the (Pla- mm: with numerous divarications of branches, carrying Vital Liquor from the Farm into the Placenta. The . V of [be Placenta Uterina. ‘ . 633 ""‘"-"‘ einsof,and the others (Placenand ta asthewell as are Arteri from he do in lome part proceed es, cal the VVomb molt Umbili Veins taking their origen from the ' - o Liver, and by their numerous extremities do receiv e from the rPlacenta, and carry it into the fubfiance of the Liver belongBlood ing to the firm, and the terminations of the Uterine Veins implan ted into The fub- {lance of the (Placenta, do reconvey Blood brough t in by the Uterine Arteries into the Womb. T he {Placenta is alfo accommodat ed with Nerves, derived to it from the TthcmsOf Womb, when it is faflned by the interpofition of many Vefiels; and I mofi: mwmm' humbly conceive, That the ParWIC/inlm of the Tlamzt zz as well as other Glandulous bodies are adorned with Nerves, which import as I apprehend a feleét Liquor, which embodies with the chymous and feious parts of thd Blood , conflituting that \vheyilh Liquor, the aliment of the Fwtmdu- ring its abode in the Womb. The Warmth: allo is accommadated with a great Apparanw of Fibres which fome conceive to be Capillary Blood-veifcls ; and learned Dr. Walla; Thel'lactnm immuhm Need/Jam, hath feen a very great number of fuch Veliels in the (Placenta of a $332? \‘Voman, which he afterward difcerned to be Arteries and Veins : And on the m; 51113:le other file, this Learned Author faith it is manifefi to Autopfy, That thefe "Nam" innumerable Fibres found in the Tltziczzm of aVVoman, as often as they allociate, do make a greater Trunk, which is conf'titutcd by many branches implanted into it, which is the firué‘ture of Veins and Arteries; but thefe Fibres being conjoined in a confufed order, do make Plexes r-: f nibling the rowls of Nerves, and do approach the Veins and Arteries of th; H.2relztd, and twine about them, and are affixed to them without any ingrefs into their fubltance, and perhaps are framed by Nature to comprefs the Arteries, Th: 119 ~ I to give a check to the overhal'cy motion of the Blood into the fubllance [HT-Emu" of the Placenta; and perhaps another ufe of thefe Fibres may be to {irengthen the tender fubl'tance of the ‘Plarenta to prelérve it from Laceration in vio» lent motions of the Body: And I humbly conceive, That there are many other fmall true Nervous Fibrils which are propagated from the Nerves of the Womb into the Tlamzta, which is affected with fcnfe in the violent motion of the Fmtm, and in great throwcs, in order to Paturition‘, as Doétor Wharton conceiveth, and have this ufe ( asIapprehend) to tranfmit Nero vous Liquor (impregnated with Animal Spirits) into the Glands of the Platenm, wherein it confederates with the Chyme or milder particles of the Blood to prepare a Sitcom Nlttrififld‘ to fupport the Poem in reference to formation, growth, and nourilhment. _ The @lzzcerzta is fafined to divers regions of the Womb, fometimes in the Theconncxzs left part, and othertimes in the right, and now and then in the bottom of fmfi‘h‘m‘ it, and as the (Placenta receiveth greater dimenfions, itis more firmly affixed to the Womb in the firft Months; and afterward when the Fterm is more and more enlarged, and acquireth a due formation and perfection of all parts, the fruit groweth ripe, and then the @larmta may be more eafily parted from the Iefs firm embraces of the Womb, as the Fmm is ready for the birth. The ufe of the adhelion of the Placenta to the Womb, is to keep the Foe- 'I‘hcpfcofche . . . . . faltningofthe rm firm to its bofom ( where it is lodged as in a foftwarm bed) left in great Placental» and overhafly motions and Girks of the Body, the Faatm fhould be diflodged ""‘W'M' and excluded the confines of the Womb and Vagina uteri, before its due time of birth. _ The fecond ufe of the Adhefion of the Placenta to the Womb, is to hold an eutercourfe with it by mediation of Nerves, Arteries, and Veins, fafluiug it to Z2z zzzz the |