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which go from the fmall Glands to the Peluis or 

 Bafon in the Middle of the Kidney, and from thence 

 it is that the Urine runs by the Ureters, as they are 

 termed, into the Bladder. 



The Blood, which could not enter the Glands, Is 

 brought back by the emulgent Veins of the 

 Kidneys. 

 Urine ccn- The Urine, thus feparated, conf.ils of much Salt 

 flits of floating in Water ; and on this Account it is, that 



mv.ch Salt, ^j^^ Kidneys have their Situation fo near the Heart : 

 Wat'tT^ ^" For had they been placed at a greater Diflance from 

 it, other Particles muil have united with the Salts 

 and aqueo^js or watery Particles, ( as in the prefent 

 Situation fome terreilrial ones do, ) and difturbed their 

 Secretion. And this Inconvenience is hinderM, as 

 I fometime ago remarked, by the Situation of the 

 Kidneys, which are fo near the Heart, that the 

 Blood; ^V. moves fo quick, that fuch Particles are 

 hinder'd from uniting, or coming within the Sphere 

 of Attradion (as much as poffible) of the Urin.us 

 Sahs. ^ 



The Ure- The Ureters are two long Pipes or Canais which 

 nr.s dtrtlri- come from the Bafon of tlie Kidneys, one on each 

 ^^^- Side. They lye between the Doublings of the Peri- 



tonaeum, and defcending in the Form of an S, they 

 pierce the Bladder near its Neck, where they run 

 fome Space between its Coats, and then open into 

 its Cavity. 



The Cavity of the Ureters is contraaed fome- 

 times in three or four Places, more efpecially to- 

 wards the Bladder ; and human, as well as brute 

 Creatures fuch as are fubjeft to the Gravel, have 

 them very much wider than thofe who are not fub- 

 jea to this Diforder. Furthermore, I have ob- 

 ferved, upon the Diffeaion of human Bodies of fuch 

 as were exceffive Drinkers, that the Ureters have 

 been fo dilated, as to put the End of one's little 

 Fin2;er into them. And therefore, I thmk it may 

 trulV be faid, that fuch Tipplers make their Bodies 

 into a kind of Cullanders to percolate the Liquor 



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