74 TI)e Wisdom of GOD Parti. 



ries to convey the Blood thither ? It would (one 

 might rationally think) be more likely, that as 

 in the Abdomen of every Animal, fo here, there 

 fhould have been fome ladleal Veins form'd, 

 beginning from the Placenta^ or Cotyledons^ v^hich 

 concurring in one common DuBus^ fhould at 

 laft empty themfelves into the Vena Cava, Se- 

 condly, I have obferved in a Calf, the Umbilical 

 Veffels to terminate in certain Bodies divided 

 into a Multitude of carneous Fapillce^ (as I may 

 fo call them) which are receiv'd into fo many 

 Sockets of the Cotyledons growing on the Womb ; 

 which carneous Papillca may without Force, or 

 Laceration, be drawn out of thofe Sockets. Now 

 tliefe Paptllcz do well refemble xh^AriJla^ or Radii ^ 

 of a Fifh's Gills, and very probably have the 

 iame Ufe to take in the Air j fo that the ma- 

 ternal Blood which flows to the CotyledonSy and 

 encircles thefe Papillce^ communicates by them 

 to the Blood of the Fatus^ the Air wherewith 

 it felf is impregnate i as the Water flowing 

 about the carneous Radii of the Fifh's Gills doth 

 the Air that is lodg'd therein to them. Third- 

 ly, That the maternal Blood flows moil co- 

 fioufly to the Placenta Vterina in Women, is 

 manifefl from the great Hemorrhagy that fucceeds 

 the Separation thereof at the Birth. Fourthly, 

 After the Stomach and Inteftines are form'd^ 

 the E^tus feems to take in its whole Nou- 

 rilhment by the Mouth, there being always 

 found in the Stomach of a Calf, Plenty of the 

 Liquor contain'd in the Amnios wherein he 

 fwims, -and F^ca in bis Inteftines, and abun- 

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