IMPROVED. a39 



eommon Gall-Pipe, that empties out the Bile or 

 Gall into the lower Part of the firll of the fmall 

 Guts. So that when any of thefe are obil;ru£led or 

 flopped up by fabulous or gravelly Matter, or by 

 any flimy or vifcous Subllance, the Gall or Bile is 

 forced into the Vena Cwvay inftead of pafling into 

 the Guts. 



The Ufe of the Bile or Gall is defign'd by Na- The Ufe 

 ture to blunt or fheathe the x^cids of the Chyle ; f^^'the Bile 

 becaufe they, being entangled with its Sulphurs, ^ • ^ J" 

 thicken it fo that it cannot be fufficiently diluted by 

 the Succus Pancreaticus or Juice from the Sweet- 

 Bread, to enter the Ladeal or milky V'eflels. And 

 this appears not only from the Analjls of the 

 Bile, which yields more of a Lixivial than of a ^ 



njolatile Alkaline Salt, but alfo from what has been 

 found by Experiment, to wit, that of the great 

 Quantity of Acid Salts amongfi: the Aliments in the 

 Stomachj there never could be found any in the 

 Chy'e, after it had pafs'd the Duodenum or firll Gut : 

 And becaufe fome Chyle is alw'ays paffing thro' the 

 Duodtnum, it was necelTary that the Bile or Gall fhould 

 be continually poured into it by the Duilus Hepaticus, 

 otherwife called Dutlus Choledochus : And a greater 

 Quantity of Aliments requiring a greater Quantity of 

 Bile, it is contrived by the Divine Artificer, that the 

 Stomach fhould prefs the Gall-Bladder according as it 

 is diilended, and requires the Mixture of that Liquor. 



Secondl:, the Ycllo~j.s or Jaundice proceeds from 

 Obflrudions of the Kepatick or Liver - Glands, 

 which prevent the G&ll from being duly feparated 

 by them from the Blood. And fometimes, efpe- 

 cially in Human Bodies, thefe Glands are fo indu- 

 rated or hardened as never afterwards to be opened, 

 but elude the Skill of the ableil Phyficians, and re- 

 fill: the Force of the firongeH Deobilruents. Nay, Hard 

 thefe Glands are often, in hard Drinkers, fo par- Drinking, 

 boiled by the long continued ufe of fpirituous Li- )':'^'y^ ^^. 

 quors, of Vv'hich we may reckon Wine and Ale Jv'^!,^,^^^" 

 two, (although the Legifiature at prefent rank thefe Uodiefc 



luider 



