« I foe Anatomy ^^ H O R S E. Chap. II. 



Animals fpread all over them : tho' in a Horfe it is often 

 feen to lie forward in Wrinkles, which may be occafion'd 

 by his violent Labour. It is in figure like a Purfe-Net, be- 

 ing double, and open at top, but knit together towards the 

 bottom: It adheres to the lower Part of the Stomach, and 

 likjewiie to the Spleen, and hollow Side of the Liver. By 

 its underfide it is faftcn'd to that Part of the Gut Colon^ 

 which lies under the Stomach lengthways, and like wile to 

 the Sweetbread, and beginning of the fmall Guts. 



-.^ As the Caul has plenty of Fat, it not on- 



^ ■''' ly ferves to keep the bottom of the Sto- 



mach, and moft of the Guts moift, but alio to cherifli 

 them with its Warmth : And befides this, it has likewife 

 a further Ufe, vi%. to fuHain a vaft Number of Branches 

 of Veflels which pafs between its Membranes to the Sto- 

 mach, Spleen, and Guts, 'dc. 



§, III. Of the Gullet^ Stomach, Gut:, and 'Mefentery. 



. err n 11 , Tho' all the Gullet be not contain'd in 



the lower Belly, yet as it is an Appendage 



to the Stomach, and the Funnel thro' which every thing 



palfes into it; a Defcription of it cannot be lb proper any 



where elfe, as in this Place. 



It is hollow and round, beginning at the Root of the 

 Tongue, behind the Head of the Windpipe, under which 

 it pafleth, turning a little to the Right, to give way to tlie 

 great Artery ; afterwards inclining to the Left, it palles 

 thro' the Midriff, and is inicrtcd into the Stomach towards 

 its lei"! Side. 



It confills of three Coat?, or C.^.fes ; th.c nutermoft feems 

 to come from the Pleura, Sec. the middlemoft is mufcular 

 and thick, ccnlifting of two Ranks of Ilefliy Fibres, af- 

 cending and dcfcending obliquely crofs one another : The 

 innermoft is membranous, wiih ftrcight Fibres only; its 

 Veins communicate with tbofe on the Bre.ilt and Neck, 

 . y -^ as do alfo its Arteries. At its beginning it 



^^"' has two large Glands or Kernels, which fc- 



paratc a Moifture to keep its infide glib, to facilitate the 

 PaHage of the Blood, ^V. Where it is inferted into the 

 Stomach, it is ccmpofed of a pretty thick Subftance made 

 up of circular and fleftiy Fibres, w hereby it contiads and 

 dilates itfelf, to give way to the Aliment, or fhut up the 

 Stomach -at plealurt. 'i'his is call'd the left, ot upper 



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