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Show The TREFACE to the Tab/er; ELM Carnous Fibres contracting the Cavities of the Heart, and out of its right Ventricle do impell the Vital Li. Compage of the Brain; and various Pro'celles, and Ani- mal Liquor, and 0f thc Carnous, Nervous, and Ten, quor into the Lungs, and out of the left Ventricle in, t0 the common Trunk , and into the afcendent and defcendent Trunk of the Alarm, and their Branches tranfmitting Blood into all parts of the Body. dinous Fibres of the Heart, of the Veficles of Air and Lobules in the Lungs,- and of the Glands in the Cutis, Meleiitery, Spleen, Liver, Kidneys, and Tefticles, ofnew Seminal Vefléls in them, and of many actions and nits of the parts , and o the motion of the Chyle, ijP/m, Blood, and Nervous Liquor. By this Art we difcover the Conical Glands of the Brain ( as Syftems of various Veffels) wherein the Ner, vous Liquor is generated , and conveyed through the Fibrous Compage of many Procefles into the Trunks of Nerves, very confpicuous in the lower Region of the Brain, when it is laid open by Art. The principal end and accomplilhnient of Ph fick is its meir , relating to Diagnofticks, Prognofticlfs, and Therapeuticks, which are all derived 2 parte ajflffa, (3‘ 52150126 Ire/21; both thefe are made known by Anatomy, whereby we infpeé't the outward parts, and the more in, ward Receffes, the I/i/ccm, whofe penetrals are difcovered By Anatomy we may difcern the Glands of the Cutis, Tancrmr, Spleen, Liver, Kidneys and Tefiieles, as it) many collective Bodies of feveral Veflels, percolating the Blood; Ba it we may view the various Vefliels, the different ha nuels of Liquors , and the Carnous and Tendinous Fibres contracting the Mulcles, as fo many Engines of motion. By this Art we pry into the inward Readies of the Body, the feveral Bones and their Protuberances and 5!! ma, framing different Articulations of Joints (whole motion is made eafie by Cartilages, and rendred firm,) 9-5 encircled and faftned together by Ligaments. By many curious Diffefiions great difeoveries hate been lately made in the Body of Man (and other Amt by Diffiaé'tiOns ; So that no perfon can truly deltarve the appellative of a Learned and able Phyfician, which is not well verfed in Anatomy , whole precepts relate to Phyfiology, and are the firit rudiments of our Art, with» out which we cannot truly judge the nature of a Diféaie, manifefied in the part afteéted, and the actions of; fended. And to this end to promote the Art of Phyfick; (which hath been my long Study and Employment) 1 have been concerned in many DiflEtztioris of the Body of Man, to contribute my Mite to the improvement of Experi- mental Phylol‘ophy , depending upon Anatomy, the chief part ofPhyfiology,which is much advanced by theDifle&ions 0f the Bodies of other Animals, as well as that of Man, to render his Parts more clear, and intelligible. mals much improving the Theory and Praxis of Phy' fick) or the Milky VeflEls in the Mefentery , of the common Receptacle, and Thoracick Duét in the mid' dle Apartiment, of the Lymphaeduéts in the Liver and other parts of the Body, of the many Tunicles of the Stomach and Guts, and of the Glands , and Nervous Cornpagc So that I have with great Care and Faithfulnefs laid 0P6" Various kinds of Creatures to infpeét their Vijtem, which I have ordered to be curioufly drawn with 21 Perilil from the Life in many Schemes, beautified with variety of Elegant Figures (Engraven in Copper'Plates) as |