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Show 9_.___-------~--------w---"‘A' V.._._.. by; the P eura. Boole ll. Book ll. Of t/Je Pleura, 695 A Fire-figure, or Sting-Ray, is fo called from .1. Bone compared of mail." A Fin-flair: hath a Cartilaginous Dia‘ ProcefiEs or Teeth , ( received into many Cavuiesfl near the bpme) With ~ which Nature hath armed this Filh againfl outward aliaults. This Filh hath a Cartilaginous Diaphragm, having a Concave Surface [04 putagm. ward the lower Venter, and Convex toward the Mouth and Heart. the Mitltifl'of aDogfilh. ‘ The Midi-it? of a. Dog-fill) is a Membranous Compage, computed oh two Coats, and is endued with a Concave Surface toward the Mouth and middle Apartiment, and a Cont/ex toward the lowelt Venter. _ Lungs after a Lax polition; lb that this connexion giving a free play to the \-‘ ' ~'~ ‘ « '- - f Lungs, doth not hinder Relpiration. The "Plum: is not only framed of a greateorripany of ‘Fibres ru'nni-ng-‘in {Eu veral poltures, but hath a Parcmbym‘a too (interlining‘andiHllingu-p the lnterliices of the Filaments) which proceedeth‘ (as l humbly emtceiye) from the strrm Nutrients, or Seminal Liquor, accreted to ‘the title's 61" tile Fibrils in their ti l: formation. - 3 ' V r :.r "I in"? The Pars/u/antz of this, as well as all other Membranes, is oil-'gr'eat tile, 'in rctbrcnee-h l'lllctl] up the vacuities of theiFib‘rils, and ‘gii'eth an worm-ts and finoothuels to the Coats of the 'Plenrafi I *7 1‘» 3 '1,- : ' This fine part is Perforated in many placés'in' order't'o the" palliig'e of the CHAP. VII. Of the Pleura. Veilfl Cat/:1, Aorta, affirm Arteria, ThoraciClé‘Dfiéts,Lytnphitdutfts,"10lilet, . ‘4"? ~ ' .p l - ~ 3' and the Par origin}; of Nerves. The fituation of [in l'ltuu. The figure of the Plant. circling the Ribs, and by the Greeks, TXéLF-is This Membrane iu- vePteth the whole company of Ribs, except the twelfth, which is talten up with the t idril'r‘, and it enclofc‘th the Vertebres of the Back, and the upper flurliace of the Midrifl, and is extended in the hinder region of the The Trix from its lirft to its eleventh Vertebre, and in the fore part lineth the inlide of the Sternon from the upper region to its lower part, where the Dia- phragm is implanted. The figure of'tlie (PIL'MI'J is like that of the inlide of the Thorax, as it eve~ ry wherellineth it, and upon that account holdeth Conformity in llmpe to the inward circumference of the Thorax, whereupon the Helm: is endued with great variety of Figures, in‘its upper region it is more narrow, and more enlarged toward the l‘v'lidrili: and obtaincth :1 greater {hortnels in the fore part, than in the hinder ', and paileth in an oblique pofition from the The cannexi- Sword-like Cartilage to the eleventh \i'ertebreol‘ the Thorax. This ulblul Membrane hath a connexion with divers adjacent parts, the "‘"f‘hm‘" Intercoihl Mulllts, Ribs, SICYUOU, and Vertebres oi the Back, to which M. The outu ard lizd Inward Membrane of the Plan. it firmly adhereth, not immediately, but by the interpolition of the rPcriofli- 14m, relating to the llilis and Vertebres of the Back. The {Pl/3W4 hath it; inward Surface hnooth toward the Lungs, anointed with unt‘luous Dinner, and its outward full of Alperities, as it admitteth a connexion with \:u'itty of neighbouring' parts. This teudt'r part is made up of a double Membrane, which is molt confpicuous about the Vernbres oi the Back and the Mediafline, which is a Duplicature of the 'Tlcttizt The outward hit inbrane is more thiclt and lirong (as confifiing of gtea~ ter Fibres) and the more inward, more thin and tender. The line ('Ionrt-xture of thefe Coats is made up of numerous well {pun Fibres, oi which lirme are right, others tranverle and oblique, and are all (0 clofely finish and {o curioully interwoven, that their Interl‘tices cannot be dilcerned; 10 that this part, eompofed of many Filaments, feemeth to be one entire ihbllance. It emitteth many lVIembranous Procefl‘cs or Nervous Fibres, as Diemrrbrovtk will have it 5 by which the rFleur; is tied fometi Learned mes to the: Lungs, Tlrcul'e fifth: Par ‘h'rmloi the Pirim, The Perfumtrons of the Flt-um. It is adorned with many Divarications of divers kinds of 'Vellells,'rV‘eins, TllC‘Vcfiels of a Vent: fine pan, and the Upper Intercofial. Branch; and ‘ArterieS'I‘from_ the Trunk of the Arterizz Magna, and from the Intercollal"Brt1tich and-twdve ' pair of Nerves from theVertebres of the Back." ~ ‘ . ‘f ‘l‘mvy " "r ',', The (Fleur; hath two ulés, The firlt is to propagate Coats ‘to‘ theiflea‘ifi , He @lcum is called by the Latines, M‘embrana Coflns Sut'eingenr, as en- Th; Fib‘cv. and i cuihr mi in (er i‘lsw. Lungs, Sternon, Ribs, and all arts contained in the Thoma, as thl'eVPei-ito- 'mem/z doth to the Stomach, 5‘pleen, Liver, Kidtleys,:-Intell:ines~, land all parts of the lower Apartiment. ~ _ . , 4 .‘.i The lbcond trio of it ( as I conceive) is by encircling the inward circumference of the Thorax with a loft Vail to {acute the rafter-a of the middle llory of the Body, the Heart, and Lungs, ‘from dalhin'g' in their 'mOtion againlt the more hard walls of the Stethon, Ribs, 'and Vertebres of the Back. , «‘ The rPleura arilEth from the bones of the Back, from which on each lide of the Thorax it elimbcth up to the Sternon, under which the l\/Iembrane of each fide is conjoyned, and to being, doubled (which is called the Mediafline) is carried through the middle of the Thorax ltraight toward the‘B'aclt, and parteth like a wall the Lungs and the Cavity ol‘ the middle Apartiment into two Allodgments. This conjunélion of the Membranes of each fide, lift Plan. The Hill ufe cf the Plain. The Fermi ufe or the Plan". The origtn or the News. conftituting the Medialline, is rendred confpicuous in Dilleétion, when the Stemon is parted from the Ribs, and turned tip. The Medial‘tine is much akin in lh‘ué‘ture, to the Plain, as being a Du- plicature oi~ it, and hath its Coats more rot: and thin toward the Lungs; The Texture of it hath much liltenels to that of the 731mm, as conipofed of many Fibrils, taking: their pi‘ogi‘els in variety of Pofturcs, whole empty (paces are filled up with aSuctm Nutriti/ts, or rather Genital Liquor in its firlt production, and is nothing elle but a continuation or elongation of the Coats of the P/eura ; paging through the middle of the Thorax, by Whiph it is divided as by a Partition into two Chambers. Learned Dr. Hngmorc, is of an opinion, that the Thorax hath ,an empty fpace running about the Sternon. The Author's words are thefe, Non obfcure duplex Mcc/iaflimtm tfl, m (131671711, fed coufpicue, nt mmum intercedat/pacium, quanta efl Slcrm' liztztudo. In Ctmibm‘ juxta Diap/amgma tanto ti [cine/i- wiccm aparamur, ut pro quinto 'Pulmozmm lobo in bomim'bm defidemto, flmmmz amplum conflituimr, in (11mm cavitatem, fl vulnm‘ penetret, fine perimlo eflé p0- tefl, Inter/litimlz [J00 ad Stermm amp/um ej}, A/{embmnir tamen per Fibra/s girafdam/ibi ill‘ZJit'L'lll mmcxir, mm were ad Vertebms appropinqtmt magi: aiguflarnr, (9" Membrane eommimmtur. In The Media{lineis a Duplitature of the Plruu. The Compage of tlt‘: MC. diallinc. |