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Show 0f the No 6. BookIH; united, by degrees grow fofter and fofter, and at‘lali do feem to degenerate ‘imo a cartilaginous Ligament about the extremities of the Nofe,and do C01]; {titute all the anterior part down to its termination: And about the lower end of the Septum Ofléum, ariléth the Third Cartilage, and creepeth down ticipate of the Nature of a Ligament, as it approacheth nearer to the termi. mollc ingenious Mr. Stem. nation of the Nofe. _ _ The Fourth and Fifth are {mall lateral Cartilages, yoyned to the Upper Duéls which I conceive proceed from minute Glands, feared 'under the fal Mulcles. . The Noflrils of Coneys and Hares are accommodated With more nume. rous Cartilages then thofe of other Animals 5 and have one morethick Car. tilage, pafling all along the middle of the Nole, and IS accompanied on each fide with a company of many thin long Cartilages, placed in an admirable order, as aequidiftant one from another, except the next to the middle Car. The ufe of the raid Car. tilage, where Nature obferveth a greater fpace, and all thele Cartilages ma ("38554 be called f0 many Sepia, making feveral partitions in the infide of the Nofe, conveying Air into one common Dué‘t in Expiration. Animals, and are more numerous in Hares and Coneys, and the like, who have one greater Perforation running along {traight on each fide of the mid- dle Cartilage, joyned to the Etbmoider ; but the other Cavities are much more contracted, and pafs between the other Cartilages in a difiinét courfe; and at lafi all the perforations do terminate into one common Cavity, palling all along betWeen the Palate, and upper Mandible, and do end about the Fauces, near the entrance leading into the Afpem Arteria. The Nofe is every way in the infide encircled with a Membrane, deti‘ Ving its pedigree from the Dun; Mater, and is very much akin to that of the hiouth, Palate, Tongue, Larynx, Gulet, and Stomach, which though it doth invel't the whole circumference of the Mouth, and parts contained in the Fauces ( in which the fame kind of fubl'tance is confpicuous) yet it doth not partake every where the fame thicknefs, being thicker in that part of the Noftrils, where it is lodged under the 0: Spongiqfum, and is pierced with divers Petforarions, through which the gtols excrements of the Brain are rranfmitted. This tender Membrane of the Nofirils is endued with {0 a acute Senle, that it is eafilyirritated by any offenlive object, caufing a more remifi, or violent Sternutation, as it is leis or more molel'ted by fome peccant quality oi'a fenfible obieét. Under this Membrane is lodged a felt thin fubflance, which fiiemarboeck calieth‘Papan ; Ait ille, {u}; illzz Membrana late: taro quatdam tennis, 17101155 4‘ papillofa, qua]? ex mulli: papillulia coagmentata, qua in bominibu: walde difi‘icul- The Papillary fubflance of the Noilrils, are the terminations of many minute ands. ter, in witulii‘ ant balm partly fatilim intuenitur, quanta/i5 non/inc mole/it'd. H"‘ 1715 pupil/1114' parte anteriori minorer, werfm pofleriorer wen; majors: protuberaflf: Thefe ‘Papillaz, of which the Learned Author (peaketh, I conceive to be the reater or lefs extremities of many minute excretory Glands, conjoyncd by: In Membranes and excretory Veilels, terminating into the Membrane 0f théNOf'mlS, through which the Nerves vent the recrements of this Liquor, into the Cavity of the Noflri‘is. The And the Meatw Anteriorer have {hotter excretory Tie excreto- ry vellcls of the Noflrils, Coat iii the forepart of the Noftrils, and defcend into the anterior Regron , . of the Palate, feared within the Teeth. Thefe Mezztu: are more obfcure in Man, and more conl‘picuous, as being greater in Bruits, inflead of thefe Meatui', Nature hath lubf'tiruted a cliink or- aperture, running all along the Palates of Birds. Thefe Anterior" Meatwr, ( one being placed in each Membrane of the Nofirils, are fiyled the (hotter, and are 10 very fmall, that they are fcarcc dif‘ . le. cm'lle‘iileb'Pi) eriorer Manor of the Nolirils, are found only in Sheep, which may truly claim the name of Channels, whole beginnings are derived from greater Glands, placed in the hinder Region. of the Noflrils, where many minute Pipes do aril'e, (and afterward unite in one common Duet) taking their progrefs on each fide of'the Noflrils, and at lall: end their courle to‘ There are only Two perforations in a Humane Nofe, and divers other The Mema bran: ofihe infide ofthc Nollrilsjsendurd nitha mollacute Strife. 869 all along the infide ofthe former Cartilages, and cloth {'0 much the more par- flrils, which are contracted and enlarged by the voluntary motion of the Na- The Perfora{ion of the Nol'e. The gteat Perforation nhich run ncrh on each iideof ihe middle Car tilagc 0f the Mfr. The Nofirils are alfo adorned with Nerves derived from the Third pair, grcam which being tranfmitted through the Faramina, appertaining to the maemit there do Noftrils, 05the coats corners of the Eyes, into the inward n Branches of Fibrils, overfpreading the inward coats of the Nolirils. The Nof'trils are endued with divers excretory Vellels, firl'c dilbovered by ones by a membranous Ligament, and are feated orbicularly, making the Margent of the Note, anddo almoll; encircle both the Forami‘na of the No- The Cartiir gcs of the Nefcs of Coiicys and Hares. Book III. The Mama of the Noilrilr ol'Shecp. ‘ it Anterior arts. with: are alfo a 'lPhird kind of excretory Veflels belonging to the Noltrils, and take their rife in many fmall Branches, on each lide of the great angles of the Eyes, dilltilling out of the lachrymal Glands, conveyed into the_Cavities oi the Noltrils. Thefe excretory Ducts are very different in‘various Animals. In Men alfo may be difcovered many 43101614 Lacbrymalm ( according to Stem) in the Margent of the Eye-lids, from whence do ifliie many lhort Ducts, terminating into the Caverns of the Noltrils. . The Firlt Origens ofthefe Veffels are feared fomewhat different in Sheep, The excretory Veil-{ls feared near the Anglrs of the fits, Calves, Hares, Coneys, which are not placed in the Margent of the Eye-lids, ' but fomewhat more inward, and are found more deep in Birds, in which they are larger then in any other Animals, and are receptive of 2. Probe in the long Aperture of the Palate. , , . The Note is deligned by Nature for many ufes, the Principal to red?"6 The Firll oil of the No- Air firl't into its Two Sinws, and from thence fomewhat of. it is (as I con- flrils. ceive) tranfmitted through the OJ‘ CribraI/um, into the Ventricles of the ‘Bfia‘m' and the greatell quantity (one part {ti 1 prefling another forward) .Fir . iiito the Cavities of the Nolirils, and then through the Faramma le-adihg "11:0 the Mouth, and afterward through the Larynx, and 14/119." (burnt, ""0 t e Bronchia, and their appendant Veficles, in order to Refpirationf Second of the vital and The The Second ufe of the Nofe, is to receive the Recrem uc. . ents . nervous Liquor, which diftil many ways from the Brain : Firfiifih'f'ugt: it: Ventricles, and (Procefliu Mamillam‘, and 0: @tlmozdu, whichl r‘ained lfo ferrous Liquor, and conveyeth it into the Cannes of the Nof'm séan {a t [here liquid Recrements (asI conceive) may flide down the Inter ic:I\eIs,fie_a1 Cd between the coats of nervous Filaments, into the‘Slnu-J of the 0 £1: in order to bedew the inward Membrane of the Noflrils With quuor,vy ‘3 filfe Would be fame-what dried and parched by .the hot {teams of $615,100 }; impelled out of the Lungs, and Afpera Arteria in Expiration into t e and N ' _ . . out . 0mm Having given an account how the Recrements of the Animal Liquor an ad and ~ ' ut vented out of the Ventricles of the Brain, through the 0: Crzbrafum |