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Show 1090 Of the Nervous Liquor. Boofifi fomewhat reihmbling‘Foliage overfpreading the fiiriace of the Mufcles r 1., ,7, v t Tthcmrfagc whole {ubfiance in its ambient and more inward parts is interfperfed "3,1,, gitixufiflmk-multitude oi Fibres,of which a great part,if not all the Medu/la of the Brain {5 alfo coinpokd, and they are the firfi rudiments of Nerves commencing in tlid Brain, where they are interlined with a (oft white fiibflanCE, a kind of (Pi. ntmgtcfs tencbyma, the more confpicuous part of the Medal/4Theft Fibres are pm. $22 iiibaiii pagated to the Original of the (aha/exof the Nerves near the Surface of the Medulla oblongam, where is a Conyunélion of many Fibres making the body of "flit propagation of the Animal Lior. the Nerves, which are continued in their union all along to the filrface of the Mufcles, where they part again, and are diiTeminated through the body of the Mulcles,and again unite themiElves in a Tendon about the Extremities ofthem. The Fibres of the Brain, Mufcles and Membranes of the whole Body (as Well asthe Cdudex of the Nerves) are made tip of many minute Filaments, and m dying a firmnefs in the Mufcles, plainly difcernible to the touch 5 As their rinm nLei‘s giveth a fenfible mild refil‘tance to it, produced by a reinifs Phfidh of the Fibres, commonly Ftyled Tonick Motion; which I humbly tchriteive to be performed after this manner 5 We being awake, the, motion of the Blood is more quick, carried by a flronger impulie of the Carotide Arteries out of the Coats of the Brain by the Capillaries into the Cortex, whereupon a greater fi'paration of the Criltalline Humor 15 made, and-mote iree (treams of it are conveyed into the fibrous part of the Brain, makulg a. univerfal Gentle rigidnels ofthem,anrl draw rhe‘body ofthe Nerves and Fibres the various Trunks of Nerves into the (mailer Branches, the Fibres of the Mufcles and their Tendons, being f0 many Syi‘tems of colleéted Fibres dif. be aéied to a greater degree, had not all Mufcles Antagonifls,making perpea the Nerves, filleth their empty Pores, and rendring them plump and tenlc, putteth them into a capacity of motion. The Ball bluiheth at the Suns approach alittle before it peepeth Horizon, and the early Rays, as (0 many minute Efilurz/ia firearning above the outoi that greater Body, difihfe themferes after the manner of an Orb, araying it with a Robe of Light, whole refleéled Beams into the Air, carry along with it the Ideas of vifible objects imprinted upon it, till it arrive the Qtgans of Sight, and being received into its Pupil/a, and pafling through it.veral Membranes and Humors, maketh divers refraélions, {0 that at Jail the gentle motion of thefe early Rays landing at the Retina, give but a loft touch upon the Fibres of it, caufing gentle Contractions, but the brighter Rays as {'0 many numerous minute Bodies more briskly breaking out of that glorious Luminary, do cloth the Airwith a more fplendid garment of Light, putting it into a nimbler motion, which hurrying the vifible Seinblances en- the i nimal L‘Q'JOI'. , 'mble Bodies, iireaming into the Fibres, affect them with a gentle Ftiflhei‘s into Confznt, and make a univerfal eafie i'tifinefl of all the Fibres of the Body giving the Mufcles an innate difpofition to Contraction, which Would perfed through the body of the Mufcles and conjoyned in their Extremi. ""3ij ties; So that the Animal Liquor impregna ted with fpirituous Particles ilriifeirciil‘iilump fireaming from the Brain between the Filaments of Fibres and Caudex of 5' 5 PH gtcl's g cornmum‘~ terminating in Fibres into the fubfiance of of tlgie dullh cxuce clateghlil Mufclig es Cliud prod theirNgfv brises k contraélitms and morionsi . "CB": the micro gentle Emanations of Animal Liquor, fraught with imny through their Interflices, the Animalliquor is firfl conveyed into the Fibres of the Meduila of the Brain and Spine, and thence propagated through 3333'," thflll. U/ the 728mm; Liquor. ,‘f r em ilron er a ulfes and contraélions, which bein tual endeavours to contrary motions,but the contrac'hons of the Fibres being of alike vigor, do equally refill and balance each others motions in their different tenlions, and bring the feveral parts of the Body to ealie poftures in aplealantacquiefcence; but the more deep impreilions of fenfible Objects carrieditiward by the Nerves, to the Fancy and rational Appetite, under the notion of an Eligible Objeét, addeth Wings to the Animal Spirits and quicken their motion, into Fibres and Nerves implantedinto particular-Mufcles‘: QF thisI take the freedom to make an Infiance in divers Muficmns'playing in Confort, the Mulical Sounds making grateful appulfes upon thefl'zmpzmum of the Ear,and are thence prelEnted by the auditory .Nerves to the inward Seni'e and Appetite, who giveth het commands to the Fifth, Sixth and. Seventh pair of Nerves derived from the Vertebres of the Neck, and inferred into the Fleitors and Tenfors of the Wrill: and Fingers, which do makedifl‘erent flrokes, ‘ cauledby the Bow upon the Mufical firings oFa Viol by the Fubalternate contrary motions of Flexions, and Tenfions of the right Wril‘t, and do prlpduce the different Mufical Notes and Graces, and modelled Vibrations y; divers [tops and {bakes upon the Strings made by the different ErembTing; o graven on it to the Senfory of Sight, make greater appulits upon the Fibres, the Fingers, arifing from the various quick fucceflive motions oathe giving them {tronger Contractions. and Flexors of theleft Fingers; Bur it may be, iome may exper The Spirituous Particles of the Animal Liquor fireaming out of the Cortex, en ors an afoplnlt 0f thecaufes and manner of thefe different motions of the Mu cles, h" I? , difl‘ufe themfelVes as in an Orb through the fubfiance of the Brain,till they del- humbly conceive to be thus efl‘eéted, The Will intending to .move t1 eSF‘e'x- cend to the lower Region, where they are received into the Fibres of the Medulla OIJIIOIIngd, and thence conveyed through the bedy of the Nerves, tothe ors makingaquick recourfe of the Animal Liquor, aéled with Afgr :1 pings (3"ng ipeedy Appulfes) invigorating the Nerves inferred intoh t e exgirp; Fibres inferred into the Mufcles. whole Fibres are fo {trongly contracted, that they over-power t e alrlitagphe Thefe lucid fiibtlc Bodies of Animal Liquor lbmewhat reprefenting‘he Morning Rays in' their milder confiant i'tream, defiilling into the Mufcular Fibres, a6} them with a gentle motion, confii‘ting in a moderate tenfion" the Nerves and Fibres of the 'whole Body 5 but the Eflnwia flowing from out" ward fenfible Objects, make imprefiions upon the Fibres of the OlltW3r _Senf01‘y, and thence are uihcred along the Nerves to the Brain, the Seawm‘e inward Senle and Underftanding, by whole diéhtes they Mufcles, and relaXC the Tenfors, who after the fame manner, wfersi irir3y are fubalternately moved, receive fupplies of greater prq'portilon 2 dig to, makingfirokesupon the origen of the NerVes‘ conveyed .y t elf; o 15:16}. the Fibres implanted into the Flexors, which being more Vigorlpu ycon .0 ; edil'emif the more faint motion of the antagomfl: Mufeles, ast eir ormct .x [Taurdinary firpplies of Spirits are much exhaufieda are recommended to thC Will under the notion of Good or Evil, as to be defired or refufidi whereits bright Spirituous Particles like the Rays, as being "1°; numerous, move with greater quicknefs into the fibrouswhich parts of the Mada :1 Upgrithe rational Appetite immediately giveth her commands to the Brill": follicitmg . 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