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or Elements, whether Chymical, or any other, by 

 the Afliftance of a Ferment in the Stomach ; that is 

 to fay, by a Separation of fome Parts of ditxerent 

 Kinds combined together, and an Union of other 

 Parts before in Separation, as it happens in all Fer- 

 mentation of Wine, wherein Tartarous Particles, 

 before united with others, are feparated ; and Par- . 

 tides of Phlegm and Oil, which were before in Se- 

 paration, are brought nearer together, and form a 

 true Spirit. But, by the Concodlion which is per- 

 formed in the Stom.ach, the Food is divided into in- 

 tegral Parts, not differing from what they were be- 

 fore, but only in obtaining leller Bulk ; in the fame 

 ■Manner altogether as Coral is ground upon a Marble 

 with Water, and reduced into an impalpable Pow- 

 der, whofe Parts are only fmall Pieces of Coral, and 

 not any Principles into which Coral is refolved, as 

 has (by ignorant Chyniiils) been foolifhly ima- 

 gined : For the Proof of this Afiertion, there needs 

 no other Argument than, that in the Stomach and 

 Inteilines of the larger Fifh, which devour and di- 

 geft the lefler, the Chyle is nothing elfe but a Li- 

 quor filled with the Fibres of the devoured Fifh, as 

 may eafily be difcerned with a Microfcope ; or the 

 fmall Parts of Fibres no way differing from the 

 larger (that is indigelled Pieces of Flefn) but in 

 Magnitude. The Chyle thus elaborated or Con- 

 cofted in the Stomach, by its alternate Contradions, 

 and the Force of the neighbouring Mufcles, is 

 thrown out into the Inteilines or Guts ; at its En- 

 trance into which, it is diluted with Bile or Gall, 

 and Pancreatic Juice, (or Juice feparated for this 

 End by the Gland called the Sweet-Bread ; ) and 

 thefe Liquors do not undergo any Effervefcence or 

 Fermentation with the Chyle, or with one another, 

 but are fmoothly and quietly mixed therewith, and 

 with each other, as appears by many and repeated 

 Experiments. But by Means of the Bile or Gall 

 and Pancreatic Juice, the Ch}'le is render'd more 

 fluid ; And hence it is, that the Parts of the Food, 



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