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Show --__._.\ 2062 0f the Chine. Book III. Book III. " @iiiiirh. 136; 'fi/fiv , ilreCliinc is liraight alter rum, inoriltr toprotiClliVL‘ mac iron in an Cut} pollute. The Figure 01 the parts or: Verteber h VJL‘bUSi uterur; Nature endeavouring to tepofe much in little; but this Figure is Ligarnents, that titty feem to be one thin Bone, curioully fringing; the titles changed aftchirth, when the Fix-rm quitting its former confinement7 the ofthe Vertebers. " K The Vertcbers are‘ not only furnilhed \rith Procelles, but wirh Epiphy- {cs too, every Procels having an Appendix to wart Upon it, usan attendant. The body of every Verteber is bel'et above and below with an Epiphy. Chinehath freedom to expatiateitfelf‘, and in order to Mans going in an ereé‘t polturc, groweth more ltmight, yet not foahl'olute, but the Vette. bers have their polition in and out, fometime bending inward, as in the Vertebers of the Neck, to fupport the Gala, and Afpera arteria; and in the Loins, to comply with the polture of the Trunks of the defcencling Aorta, and afcending (am: But the Spondyles of the Back, and 0t Sutrum bear outward, that by giving way, they may make roome for the Heart and Lun s in the Thorax above ', and for the Bladdetherut, and Ami: in the Pelt/i: be. low: The Figure of every Verteber is embellilhed with great variety, and are broad and plain in their upper and lower Regions, where they are articulated one with another to prevent Luxation, but are round and fmooth in their inward Coalts,that in their more eafy retired pofiure, they might give no dillzurbance to the noble and tender neighbouring parts of the Git/4,1]. pera arteria, 'Pleura, Lungs and Heart in the middle , and Terironamm, 011m:MM, and Intel'tines in the lower Apartiment. The Protel'l'es are (rated in the nutfiiic oi the Verttlicrs, afrcrtlvcmnnntr oFCarvcd work. 17. 7t. F. 4. ii. *i F, 4. i", The oblique nl'ttntlent and tichCnrk‘nt l'roctllcs. {Kit-E. But the outward Region of the Chine is much more remarkable then the relt, full of f0 many difl'crent, yet uniform Prominencies, and unevennellts, as if it were wrought with excellent Carved work, confifiing of great variety of feveral Procefles, which run treble in every Verteber; Firl't, Fouroblique 1-, Two afcendent, feared in the upper,and Two defcedent in the lower parts of the Spondyle. Next are placed Two tranfverfe ProcelTes +, fpringing out of the littlest of the Vertebers, wifely formed by the great Architect, for the Origen and infertion of Mufcles. And lafl of all, is featedin the back part of the Vertebers, one acute Pro- And the Vertebers are not only enducd with Procelfes and Epiphytiiz, but Perlorarions [00, Nature being lollicitous, not only to import vital Liquot into the Medal/tr Spindle, but to export what is unnecelliu‘y for the pre» l'ervation of it ', as alfo nervous Liquor from the Medal/.1, r.) give "cute and Motion to Other parts; upon which account, Perforations are made for the molt part between the Vertebers (except in the upper ones ofthe Neck, and the lower of the ()1 SLXCV'HIH ) for the lngrels of the Arteries, and the Egrefs ofthc Veins and Nerves, the Sin/u are made in the fides of the Articulationsiuthelower part, and in the higher Region of the lirbfequent Verteber, ii) that the Two Extreinities ofeirher Spondyle, do in a manner equally contriburc to making the Form/m; each furnilhing, .1 Semi-circle, which being conioyned, make the Cavity ( interceding every Two Vertebcrs) ofan orhicular Figure, irritable to that of the Vell'els. And‘ifthcre be any inequality between the Two Vertebers, in making the Perforations , the lower Vertebers in the Neck may challenge the greater lhare, the Cavity being more deeply engravcn in the inferior Verteber‘, but the procedure of Nature is quite contrary in thofe of the Loins, wherein the higher Verteber contributeth more largely to the Perforation of the orhicularSinm, in which the Cavity engraven in the upper Spondyle, makcth Two parts, and that in the lower only a Third part ofthe Circle. The liibliancc of the Vertebers is more hard and lolid in the ambient The external nation. The Chine in Salmon, Cod, Bafe, Mullet, Carp, Tench, Perch, and the like, is not bedecked with tranfverfe and oblique Procellés as their Vertebers, have only Two acute Procellts, one fprouring out of the upper, and the parts, butin their inward Recefli‘s more fpongy; and their extream parts are garnilhed with Epipliyfes and Cartilages, which being thick and loft, do pirrs oFthe Vtrvcbrrs are l0lltl,J|lti the inward more , heftt the upper and lower Region of the Vertebers, near their Articulations, to render their motion more fafe and eafy. p other out of the lower Region, and are fmall oblong Bones, ending in ‘ Tire Ligamenrs,being ofa thick,llrong fibrous Natltre,and ofa femi-circular acute Angles, and do all fuccellively in their poltures, incline from theHead toward the Tail of the Filh "flirt, do firmly bind the Vcrtcbers above and below, to fecurc their Articu atiens agninl‘t Luxation. Having given you a Hillory of the Procelres, Epiphyfes, Perforations, Sub- Brit in diverfe flat Filh, as Turbuts, Soles, Place, Flownders and the like, ler after a little dillance, as it defcendeth, and then continueth of an equal Magnitude,and is made up of numerous Vertebers,\vhicli are f0 Clofelyioyned to rach othcr,rhat they feem one entire Bone,and are endued with a quadrangular Figure, fnmewhat refembling a Cube, though a little thinnerin bulke, Toward the upper Region, on each fide of the Chine were feared TWO ranks of Procelies, which I conceive may be truly flyled Dentiformesa 35m fembling the Teeth ofa Saw; immediately under thefe indented Procellrsia Perforation is made all along, not through the middle, as in Man ,3". The Fijirth Jam or Rt. pofirnry, in which the [Vanilla Spizzlir is lodged. another crowning the Extremity ofthe acute Prom-ls. The Friil 71;; or any \‘L‘r. trh r. The l'e:f.i a~ [ionsnithc \‘trtthers, cefs, called the Spine f, from which the whole frame borroweth its denomi- the acute Pt'ocelles are not fprung out of the upper and lower Regions, but out of the {ides of every Spondyle. In a Kinglion the Chine is much larger near the l-Iead,and grOWeth fmal- 2 he dtntllorm Protef- fig, and the traanL-rfe Procelles are all?) attended with each ol them one, and. Brutes 3 but above the Body of the Vertehers, the Men/"Ila Spirit/M 1‘ conveyed, 35 in a fafe Trench, to immure it, in oppolition to crofs Acddems' And the Spine of this Filh is not only adorned with indented Procelfes abOVei but in the S des with tranfverfe ProcelTes,every Verteber being belét with One on each tide, which are very thin broad Bones, fo rarely united with fmfll Ligamffl": l'pougv. The Lie:menrs ol' the Vtrrtbers are llrnng and l'tnii-tucular. fiance, Cartilage-s, and Ligamenrs of the Vertebers, fpeaking their general NOW)" 3 lwill now endeavour to give tny Sentiments of them in particular, and of the Or Satrum and Coccyx, the immediate Bafe and Foundation ofthe Spinal fliper-firuéture, which is rarely compofed of Twenty four Vertebers, as fornany joyrirs finely fet together with {irong femi~lunary Ligaments, conferving them in their proper feats, leli being luxated, they fnould lole Illl‘ll‘ motion, and prove very prejudicial both to the Men/1:114 Spine/ii", and ‘0 the other tender and noble neighbouring parts. ur'c 01th: The Neck is framed to give a reception and fecurity to the Afpcm Arterial, N.Viirth. in order to Refpirntion, and in diverfe Animals, to fupply the defect of Hands,conveyiiio the Month to receive Aliment; whereupon Nature hath Pl'OVldt‘d longertNecks, made up of more Vertebers for them, then for Men, asLearned Fifi/1m hath well obferved in his Fifteenth Chapter 1):: Colli Ver"'1"i5- Non em'm hie/1mm" Quadrupedumq', quih‘m‘ [017ng obligt‘rlmt Crnrzx, Culli "film mmfi'l'c' Propofilmn efl, gunfire/135i" re tolled-fa promplum fir, 71.11""er I "1 9W! 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