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Show 0f zzn Empyein a or Col/officer of Evil/lite ', 8m. Boo Book ll. Mel-entei'ick Arteries, did deltend lower .by the laid frterral 3:361:10? the Emnlgent Arteries and their Capillaries, linPleJEC- ‘llllfO\/:l.the Kidnevs, in which a Secretion Was‘maoe Oi, the l widens} 1; . the Blood) and embodied with the herons Retirements, I" 1161:. ‘ were received into the Urinary Ducts, and carried thronggn tn:i n.9,}. [rm Ureters, into the Cavilty of the Bladder, and thence rtctintt hi .i lit ' h the Mret Jra. . . . _ Tieciircor uriliizdi'idgiliio the Cure of thele many Complicated .Dil‘eales, I Qtli‘IlL'fi H)iiimiiiifii dromcls made of I'cé'torals, to help the Expeé‘toratiorn oi Purnlent Aflfi'tr, "NH" and of Diureticks to carry it off by Urine; and 1n TCI'C'TEHCC ‘0 Elle Giff!) l iaiilidiiircfo‘ iiiiiirzniiti rcfcribed cleanlin", drying, and Confolidatiiig Medicines , ant: in POiElC or ic Heé‘tick Fever,b I ordered attemperating and rellorativeApplicati‘. is iiitiigiiiasiiiii made of C/inm, Sarflz rPzzrz'lla, Ground-Ivy, Maiden-Haifilfihéwigloi lvoqicy, £13332": and Harts-horn boiled in Water and Honey 5 as allo dc i t yl (s imme """C‘l‘fli‘l‘ with l'eé‘torals, Diureticks, Vulnerarics, Rel'toratives, which "(3)0 gi.«.n mm with new Milk 5 as alfo in this cafe Ballomick Pills and Syrups may be ad- minil'tted with good fuccefs, and in pomt of Diet the Patient did eat and drink Milk all manner of ways, Milk borled With Bread, and Water boned fometimes with Barley, and other times With Oatmeal, to which Milk was added to make a Pottage, which is proper in this Difeafe, as being cleanling and refiorative : By this method of Phyfick and Diet, the Patient \vas per-f'é‘tl refiored to his health and firenUth, many years ago, and is yet aliye aiid healthy as a Monument of God';j wonderful Mercy 3 Andihope will live long to fpeak his great Praife and Glory in the land of the LiVing. C H A P. X I. 0f t/JE Pericardium or Caplula of the Heart. '1 ‘He Cap/uh: or Membrane, encompafling the Heart, is a firong firm TheComEncloliire, made up of minute Fibrils, curioufly Enterwoven, and Passof the is Contiguous to the Heart at fome diftance, to give it a free play in its vari- mmmm' ous Alternate motions of Syfiole and Diaftole, or rather Contrac'tion and Relaxation. It deriveth its Origen near the Bafi: of the Heart from the external Coat TheOi-igcn of the "Flam: or Medialline, which encirclerh the Vellels divaricated through 35%;"? the outward liirlwe of the Heart. Molt Anatomifts do allign but one Membrane Learned Riolm two, and I humbly conceive it to to the Pericartlium, and be fumilhed with three; The 'rirl‘t and outward proceeding from the Mediafiine, is fal'med to the Mid- The outward dle Coat by the interpofition of many thin Tunic les, which I dilcovered in Efifffiiifi parting it from the fecond Membrane. Th.- outward is accommodated with many Cells the repofitories of Fat, which in a well l'talle or Membranous Veficles, d Ox doth very much lhade and iiniiitire this firli: Integumenr. The middle Coat being cloiiely conjoyned to the outward, is fomewhat "mum thinner than it, and is compofed of a great company of Fibres finely inter- CW- woven and clofe Ruck, and interfperlied with a white (Paranoia/ma. The third Tunicle whole infide maketh the inWar diam. is the molt fine of all the Coverings, which d furface of the (Pericar- The third I revered from the mid cw" dle Coat, and dilcovered it to be befet with many minute Glands, the Fon- tinels, as I apprehend, of the Serous Liquor conta ined in the Perimrdium. As to its Connexion, it is fafined in its outwa rd furface to the Medialtine TthOnnexiby the interp olitio n of many Fibrils, and conjoyned to it about the Safe of 22,3252?" the Heart, where a pallage is made to the Bloodveilels, and in its lower Region to the Center of the Diaphragm. The Contexture of this Membrane hath much affinit y with that of ether TheStruflurc Membranes, relating to the Body of Man, as it is altrong Compage made fziiiifm" up of a great {tore of Membranous Filaments or Nervous Fibrils, curioufly {pun and interwoven, and interfperfed with a 8mm: Nutriciur, or Seminal Matter, adhering to the {ides of the Coats of the Fibrils in their firlit Generation. This Membrane is furnilhed with fmall Veffel s of diflierent kinds, Veins The vtircisor from the Phrenick and Axillary branches, and Arteries, though very fmall, filfmf‘m‘" from the Coronary branches of the Heart, and fmall Nerves from the left recurrent Nerve 9 and alfo Lymphatduéts, as Learned Rudbetk will have it, proceeding from the Trunk ending near the Heart. The Figure of the Capfiila holdeth great confo rmity with that of the TheFigureoF Heart, and is much more enlarged towar d its Bafe, and groweth more tickm‘" drum. narrow near its Cone 5 So that the Peric ardium is adorned with a kind of Pyramidal figure. Tttttttt In |