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Show 0f the A'nimrz/ Spiritr. 1006 Book Ill. Of the flnimzzl Spirits. KN the more Traufparent Criftalline body of the nervous Liquor, hir'hlv exal with moll; clear Particles of the Animal Spirits, do illufirate the Two god mifpha'res oftlie Brain, and the Nerves, fireaming out of them with the?brighter Rays. if 371m: his [apt ofall,Syl-z/iur in his Fourth Difputation, and the 2941 Tlielis, all-itmt l Opinion, that "rl the Animal Spirits to be elaborated in the veilels, branched through the Mill1 Lin ent parts of the Brain, according to his own fubfequent words, Sifi'immnl‘ ",1",Lcnhcflwguinmfl a mule per Arteritvs, CarotideJ‘ (9" fem/1'17"" fulfil»! altpE/ltwtcm [24: "m"- meereth with Air, firl't tranimitted through the 0: Et/Jmocidcr into the Venn triclcs, and thence through the Pores of the Mcdulla into the fecrct paffages ofihc Cortical Glands, in which the pure and fubtle Particles oft'Air, filoirir mo; z'pflirmxz Caryl/arc; ad Spiritimm Animalium elaborationcm, which hefar. corporate with the deputated Succm Nutricim, and highly attenuate it, ten" ther explaineth in the 29!]; T/thir, Sit/picamur preterm per (kipi/lzri‘hmzflrteria. [arm]! poror, pcncrrdrcfimguinir Pdrtem fliirimo am in (ere/Iri, terebclliq; mm". rem tincrum, him: in median: firbflantiam albiamtcm, 1:11; in [Joe trzmfim MW" thing it more fluid and volatil,till at halt the SIlCCM Nutricim is more and more infpired with new fpirituous atthereal Particles of Air, exalted with folar and other planetary influences, and is more and more impregnated with mild puma flaming", pcuiriflimc ipfl adhere/rte, mm abfimili maria i/ii, 7,101," f?""‘ volatil Salt, imparted from the Cortical Glands; ii) that the more fubtle, afiive Particles of this refined SMCL‘M, are called the Animal Spirits. gram ()lco imbulum, cert/)ri Medu/[te jab pingtti [1457mm Confimi/cm fefl'rflihlr 0. Mummy Milo/111i flilcnl C/Jymitig rcfiifitatrir a fur) [iblcgnmrc Spirilrw mi purrflimw, Spirinii [II/imali natura fua proximc acme/em" . i And here I cannot but admire Sylwim his excellentflmile, wherein he en- deavoureth to illuftrare the rare work of Nature in the produfiion of Animal Spirits, by. the ingenious Art of Chymilltry, in drawing ofl‘the Spiritof \Vine; butin this the witty Author feemeth to fail, in aflci'ting the elahora‘ tion of the Animal Spirits to be performed, when the mofi fpirituous art of the Blood infinuaterh it felf through the Pores ofthe capillary Arteiies into the Cortex, and thence into theMchl/a ofthe Brain, where he faith ii is leparatcd from its warty parts by the unc‘tuous fubflance ofthe Brain and after the manner ofthe fpirituous Particles ofWine drawn oflt from its Phlcgmc in diliillation by a Spunge bcfprinldcd with Oil,and may, faith he neatly approach the nature of Animal Spirits, which are not (as I conceit/,6, with this Learned Authors leave ) the molt fpirituous fiilphureous parts of the Blood, tianfinitted out or tliecapillary Arteries into the fubfiance of the Cortex", but the more mildand delicate Particles of the ferous Liquor, drawn off from the more liert:e,iiilplmreous, licdfibrous parts of the Blood which are returned, in circulation by the Jugulars 3 and the more gentle fpirituouspattsare leltbtliind, being inaratcd in the lnterftices of the veilels ofthe cortical Glalklix and thence tranlniitted into the extremities of the tender Flbrils imu "mam" planted into theiorrcr. ' And this Difcourfe fairly bringeth me from the plaCE, i;:;~,~r\;l:1eit.:ni- wherein the Animal Spirits take their Hrl't rife, to the manner how theyarc aicgcnum, propagated by it'L‘i'L'HU‘J, and to the lla'atw-iafulxflrata, out of which they are figrciaatej, winchus not thePurple Liquor, as it is highly concoéiedby 3"th , n_ rcr tattd Circulations, whence It groweth exalted With quantifies of hot 0in qualities; or on the other fide, for want ofregular motion and due heat, 15 deprcii'ed with Cruditics growing grofs with Recrement's or rendred acrimonious with Fixed faline Parts or de vau d b f - FiiiCu' lencies. ) E PETE"? Y "0‘15 ~ Wherefore the viral l iqnor impelled out of the greater Cillerns ofthe Hearty Into theleiler Chanels ofthe afcendent Trunk of the Aorta and thereby the more minute Rivulets of the carotide Arteries,are not only iriiplanted into the Coats invef‘nng the Brain, but alfo into the fubliance of the cortical Glands, 3231011113133? Compageis, made up ofmany difline‘t veffels of Arteries, Veins, x {aline Atomes, are fecerned from the more fiery, liilphureous, and lixed Salt of the Red Craffalnent in the cortical Glands, which are {0 many Colatories of the Animal Liquor 5 f0 that the more refined parts of this choice Srwrur, are feparated from the grofser and more adult parts of the Blood, which is Performed in the ambient parts of the Brain, where this foft nervous Liquor "{fimnmmfl (7 IlithiIiOliL'ill, partim fwmdum ipforum fuperficicm r/cdirci per m: rim irrmfirc in ifldm rcrcbri, [crcbci/iq', filbflafllidfll Medal/are"; 4d enrtma'wi o," gyfiiasnflai 3:53:23!" LCH'I US I ivr fluor- [1e Criflalline parts of the Show: nutririm, impregnated with mild, volatil, e nervo _ i ‘ N . ' ‘ I tercedintzl'tlie y_ \rciiiii-, buillvii‘tiflifrfed IC 1 t 6 Blood "hwy being tranfmitted, man-y ""311the{Pacis' m: mole g"; I C Butfome may enquire in what Subjcft thefe Animal Spirits are lodged. To which it may be replied,i'n the Nervous Liquor, which I conceive is not a fubjeéi of Inhaclion, becaufe the Animal Spirits do not exill: in the nervous Liquor, Tanquam acridem in fubjeéi'o, [rd tanquam fulafiantiale in fubflamiali, anuam anima in corpore, the Animal Spirits being the Form, and the Nervous Liquor the Matter, which receiveth its vigor and activity from them. Learned Diemtrbrocrk denieth the very exil'tence of the Nervous Liquor, and malteth the Animal Spirits to fubfii't of themfelves fepatate from it. And according to this notion of the Animal Spirits, abfiraé‘tly taken from any fiibjeét, he giveth this definition of them; Sunt 41mm Spirit»: Animaler, balitm inwifibz'ler, tenui zmi, at wolalz'ler, potifllmuin ex [Ezlfir flinguinir particulir, pauciflimifq, fulpbnreir, maxime wolatilibm in cerebro tonfeéii‘, Whereupon, according to this Learned Author, the Animal Spirits being molt thin, invi[ible and volatil {teams and having no fubjeét to confine their high volatility, their fpirituous, fubtle, airy Particles will eafily infinuate themfelves ' through the Interfiices of the Veiiels, feared in the Cortical Glands, and thence pafs through the OJ Etbmaeider into the Nofirils; Wherefore to folve this and many other Phenomena, which may arife and peplex this improba- ble Opinion, I humbly conceive, ( with the Authors pardon) that itis more reafonable to apprehend the Animal Spirits to be (cared in the nervous Li-- quor, 35 their prOper fubjeé}, in which they are confined, when they move the :30!" Part to part within the Interfiices of the Filaments, confiituring erves. The fuhjefi of AuimalSpinrs isthc ncr. VUJ: Liquor, The Animal Spirits do not luhfili of thcmfcivc: |