14 The Anatomy of a HORSE. Chap. II. 



ten or twelve Inches below the undermofl Orifice of the 

 Stomach. This Liquor is feparated from the Blood, which 

 is imported to the Liver from the Spleen, ^V. and ferves, 

 in Conjundion with the Pancreatick Juice, for the Pur- 

 pofes abovementioned. 



The Liver is of great Ufe, as It is a conflant 

 Its life. Receptacle for all the Blood which is return'd from 

 the Spleen, Pancreas, and Guts ; where it, no 

 Doubt, undergoes fuch Changes and Alterations, by the 

 Separation of the Gall, as are necellary, before it goes into 

 the Heart, to fit it for a frefh Progrefs into all Parts of the 

 Body. It is moreover exceeding healthful to the Stomach, 

 as it not only cheriflieth it by its Warmth, but alfo keeps 

 it fteady, and preferves it from any counter Adion, that 

 might mar its mufcular Motion, and hinder Digeftion. 



§. V. Of the Kidneys^ Ureters^ and Bladder » 



The Kidneys. The Kidneys are feated in the Loins, be- 



hind the Stomach and Guts ; the flight un- 

 der the Liver, and the Left under the Spleen. They are 

 feldom alike : In a Horfe, that on the right Side is fome- 

 •what triangular ; and the other is much broader below 

 than at Top, not uhlike the Figure of an Egg. 

 Their Veffels, *^^^y are nourifhed by their own proper 



* Veflels, which are called the Emulgents ; 

 the Artery fpringing diredly from the Aorta^ and the 

 Vein having as near a Communication with the Cava : 

 Their Nerves fpring from the fame Branch of the Inter^ 

 cojlal that goes to the Stomach, and that is the Reafon 

 why the leait Diforder in the Kinneys, Ureters, or Bladder, 

 caufes fuch fudden Sicknefs. 



The Subflance of the Kidneys is chiefly glandular^ hav- 

 ing on the outfide a vail Number of little Kernels, which 

 feparate the Stale from the Blood, and from them proceed 

 an equal Number of little Pipes or Conduits, which run 

 from the Circumference towards the Center, like the Spokes 

 of a Wheel : By thefe the Urine is conveyed into other 

 Glands, which are called the Carunculcs papillares, from 

 the Refemblance they bear to Teats, which, in a Horfe, 

 are as big as fmall Field Beans ; and when it has undergone 

 a further Change in thefe Glands, it is emptied into a Ca- 

 vity called the Pelvis^ or Bafon, which is in the Center of 

 each Kidney. This being a membranous Subftance, is no 



other 



