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Show Off/3.6 common (RC'CUPMC/c 4W! Clo/lyjrozrr, 5:0 800k 11' 680 of. the Arterial Channels, into all the apartiments of1 the Body in i‘elercitce to Filtration in the Intcrfiices of the Veilels and glarinulous parts, belonging to the Fine Contesttures of the Membranes and i/Iftm'd, as f0 many {trainers ‘ " "l ' nor. . Of liilbrdleiicio its production, I intend now to dilcoiiz'le the Ciliyle. as the Mouth; fit/)flrata of Blood, and of its motion through the Melentei'iCr: and . _ Thoracic/k Veilels into the Subtlavian Veins, where the Chyle firft elpouleth the allociation of Blood. , 1 . Chyle being a white liquor fomewhat refembling Barley Creme, is iii {he};- (Elie Siiinslli traé'tcd by ‘crous and Nervous Ferments out‘ofAliinent Concoéted ‘in the Sto- im" 13' imcli, and thence being tranlinitted into the Inteftines, receivetn a farther Elaboration, appearing in its more white Colour and thinner confillepce, by the PanCl'Clthli and Bilious Liquors, and is afterward received into the Orb gens of the Lafiecc, as much afllfled by the Peril'taltick motion of the Guts, and the Contrafiion of the Abdominal Mufcles in Expiration. Tliiproeitr's The Chvle being carried by the firf‘t kind of Laéteal Vell‘els into the next "it""c'd'c Glands or the Meleiiteryr, and in their liibl'tance is mixed with a choice Li- ?" quot, defhlling outof the extremity of the Nerves, whereby it is improved, and then received into the Orifices of thefccond kind of Lafit'd', and f0 tranf- mitted into the common Cil'tern of Chyle and Limphatick liquor. Tlii: Receptacle is feared under the Catliack and Emiilgcnt Arteries, near ' the Lumbary Vertebres, between the Tcndons of. the Midrifi‘, or rather its rat-Emma; Fleihy Procclles, almofi in the middle region of the Lexus between tie KuL'melt, 97mm, Kidneys, and Renal Glands, and doth not obl‘erve in all Animals the fame fituation, but in Bruits fomewhat inclineth toward the left lidc. In moi} Men this Common Ciflzern is endued with one Cavity, but Learn- ed BizrtIJo/ine hath obferved three, two greater leaning one upon another, and conioyned to each other by the interpofition of Laéieal Yeffels, between the alccndent Trunk of the C4714 and the Aorta, {cared in an Angle, which the Emulgents make with the Cat/4: And the third H eceptacle is lodged above the hilt near the Midrii‘f; under its Appendix. hiiiiiih'thnr ; For the 1110?: part the common Receptacle is beautified With a round fiatReceptatlcis tiili Figure, fomewhat inclining toward an Oval, that it may be capable to £01221???"- entertain a larger proportion of Chyle and Lymph. W‘M The liibl‘tance of this common Ciftern is Membranous in molt c lubl art Animals, as apical";- compoftd of adouble Coat, of which the outward is propagated from the rim oli the Belly; but in Man Bartbalinc faith it is Glandulous, (refem- , bling the other Glands of the Mefentery) befet with many Milky VeflEls. ' Thcdiffitirf . Itis very different in divers Perfons in reference to its magnitude, {ome‘3‘";551‘1‘3, times, when extended it filleth up the {pace between the @7044 and the Kidneys, and their Glands. The Cavity is much enlarged when dil'tended with a large proportion of Chyle and Lymp/m, and much leffcned, as lofing its Figure, when it groweth lank as deftitute of Liquor. file ahd roundnefs of In Man the Cavity is much lelsthan in Bruits, 53:35:33? carting, but its {ubftance more folid and thick. The ule of this common Cifiern is very obvious, to give an entertainment to the Chyle and Lymphatick Liquor, which are Veflels and Lyinphaedué‘ts inferred into the inward imported by the Milky Coat of the Receptacle. Imagining; The ThoraCick or great Lymphatick ducts arife out of the upper region of $311536??? ‘ the common Receptacle immediately under the Diaphragm,about the middle of the Spine below the great Artery, and being covered with the Pleum (as a. guard to them for the greater fecurity of theirthin Coats,) are reflefted fomf- wlia t Book II. 0f the common Receptacle 412d (by/femur, Ste; ' _--~_..__-_-3‘ 68 what toward the right fide of the Artery, wherein it is more confpicuouS when the Inteitines, Mefentery, and the cut Midri fllare removed toward (ht; left fide: From hence the Thoracick Duéts taking their afcent under the great Artery, do bend about the fifth and fixth Vertebre of the Thorax toward the left fide, and then do climb up below the lnterc oftal Veins and Arteries, under the Pleum and T/aymm to the left Subclavian Vein, into which they do infer: themlElves near the place where the left Jugiilar Vein is And the Chyliferous and Thoracick Dué‘ts do not difcharge themfelves by one large common pafliige, but with fix or {even holes, Which are cover implanted. ed in the infide of the Subclavian Vein with one broad Valve, (looking fromthe Flioulder toward the Vemz Cara/a) whereupon the Rivulets of Chyle and Lymplm have a free current our of the Chyliferous Duéls into the Subctavian Vein, and the courfe of the Chyle and Lywpbzz as well as Blood, is intercepted toward the Thoracick Ducts. hefe Veilels are double almol't in their whole ,progre l's from the common T'sThmi _ Ciitern to the Subclavian Vein, (unlefs near the region of the Heart ) and iii-kiiifiiiisiim are often united as by f0 many {bales of a Ladder, wherein they have fre- l'mdm'" quent Inofculations with each other, upon this necount (as l humbly conceiVe). that they might have a mutual mtercourle by tranliiiilli‘ on of Chvle mixed with Lymp/Ja from one Due} to the other, to prevent the Stagnation or the [aid Liquors, which are neceilary for the liipport of Blood as its hi‘dteria Sula/hath". Sometimes thele large Thoracick Duffs afcending out of the common Re- 7"" " ceptacle and climbing up the (idea of the Spine, are not onlvoften united by 11 . crofs branches importing {oft white Liquor from one Trunk to the either, but mm ‘ do alfo Coalefce into one large Due} in the middle under the great Artery. The Ililj'llriflf, of the Thoracick Duets is commo nly made into the'lei ‘t Thelrii'ertion Subclavian Vein both in Man and other Animals, and is very rarely fecn in titk "mmDuds "mm inthe right Subclavian VeflEl. Learned 'Petkct giveth an account of two Tho- ‘_°,‘"°‘E"‘ racick branches alcending with divers parallel branch es, here and there con~ iyciiii'iiiljw joyned in the middle way, and uniting themlE lves about the third Vertebre mmlmlgm: of the Back , and then obferved them parted again; and after lome {pace one Thoracick Duet made its ingrefs into the right, and the other into the left Subclavian Vein. , Thefe Thoracick Dutf‘ts are inwardly flirnifhed with many Valves, which The viii-mg are infiituted by Nature to hinder the falling back of the afcending Chyle gfchimmk and Lymp/m toward the comm on Receptacle, which would frullrare the intent of Nature, which is to repair the decay of Blood by the immiflion of Chyle into the Subclavian Vein. The ufe of the Valves may be rendred manifept, by reafon the Chyle con- Tiicureorriic ‘ rained in the Thoracick Duds may be eafily Impelled by Comprellion up- 5333:}? ward toward the Subclavian Vein, and cannot be forced downward toward gh‘gad‘k the common Receptacle, unlefs the Valves be Lacerated by offering a great u 5. Violence unto them. . \ IF any curious Perfon be defirous to [be the Thoracick Duets, which are The wai' tn hard to be difcovered in Didec‘tidn, by reafon they are covered with a tram £22555? {parent Coat, which eafily efcapeth our Eyes, and are void of Chyle, which'is frequent many hours efpecially when the Duets Du" ment; whereupon the Milky humor is dilbhargedafter the afliimption of Aliinto the Subclavian Vein and then the Thoracick Vellcls grow lank and not to be feen : So that I hum: bly conccivc,the bei‘t way to find theft: Ducts lodge Artery, is to cut up a Dog four hours after d under the ‘Pleztm and great he hath been plentifully fed, Mmmm‘mmmm and |