356 neWisDouof GOD PartlL 

 Befides, there is no lefs Providence and Cau- 

 tion us'd that the Blood, when it is forcibly caft 

 out of the Left Ventricle of the Heart, be not un- 

 equally diftributed to the fuperior and inferior 

 Parts j for whereas this Gate or Orifice of the 

 Heart opens right upwards, if that Channel which 

 receives the firft Impulfe of the Blood did lead in 

 a ftrait Line up to the Region of the Head, it 

 could not be but that it muft be pour'd too fwift- 

 ly upon the Brain, and fo the inferior Parts of the 

 Body muft needs be defrauded of their vital Li- 

 quor and Aliment ; which Inconvenience, that the 

 .divine Architedt of the Body might wholly ob- 

 viate and avoid in Animals, whofe Hearts are 

 more ftrongly mov'd, he fo artificially contrived 

 the Trunk of the Aortay which is next the Heart, 

 that the Blood runs not diredly into the axillary 

 and carotid Arteries, but doth as it were fetch a 

 Compafs y for in the middle Space between the 

 Ventricle and thofe Arteries it is very much in- 

 flefted or bent -, whence it comes to pafs that 

 that crooked Angle fuftains the Force and firft 

 Stroke of the ejefted Blood, and diredls the great- 

 eft Torrent of it towards the defcending Trunk 

 of the Aorta, which otherwife would rufti too 

 forcibly into the fuperior Branches thereof, di- 

 ftending them immoderately, and foon opprefs 

 and burden the Head. So far Dr. Lowther. 



To elude or evade the Force of all thefc Inftan- 

 ces, and innumerable others which might be pro- 

 duced, to demonftrate that the Bodies of Men and 

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