The Anatomy of a TYG M fET^ 39 



The GUnduU Renales in our Pj/gftne were very large , and placed a 



little above the Kidnies as they are in Man. That on the right fide , 



v/as of a triangular 5 that on the left of an oblong figure. They were 



" about three quarters of an Inch long : and almoft half an Inch broad. 



They had the fame Vefiels, as there are in a Man. 



The Farijians in their Monkeys^ obferve that the Gland calkd Capfula 

 Atrabilaria, was very vij/hle, by reafon that the Kidney rvas without fat. Thk 

 Gland was white, and the Kidney of a bright red 5 it's figure was triangu- 

 lar. Blafius in his Ape tells us, Glaudula Renalis triangularis ferh figurcc 

 eU, notabilk valde pro ratioue Corf ork, and gives US a^^«re of it, which 

 was nothing like ours. What Dre//«C(7«r^ remarks in ihz Male Jpe^ is, 

 Capjnl<e Atrabilari£ triplicem Scrobiculum habent, quarum liquor exprejfus lin- " 

 guam non it a. confiringit, ttti in Capfnlis f(sminek. And in the Female Ape 

 he tells us, Ren Succenturiatus finifier ab Entulgente venam habet ; idem 

 major Dextro. This I obferved in our Pygme 5 but he faith nothing far- 

 ther here of their L/^z/iT, nor did I tafte it in ours. 



We {hall now proceed to the Kidneys. In our Pygwie I did obferve 

 very little or no fat in the cotnmon or outward Membrane, ufually called! 

 Adifofa : Drelincoart obferved the fame, nuUus hie Adeps in Tunica com- 

 muni vel propria, as he tells us of his Ape. The Kidneys of our Pygm^s " 

 were two Inches and a quarter long, an Inch and an half broad 5 and 

 about an Inch in depth. They had not altogether fo large a Sinus at the 

 Entrance of the Emulgent Vcflels, as there is in a Man's ; and the whole 

 appeared fomevvhat rounder 5 but their fituation was the fame, as were 

 likewife thcEmulgents. Having divided the right Kidney length-.ways, 

 I obferved the Cortical or Glandulous Part to appear like a diftind Sub- 

 ftance, being a of tawny or yellowilh colour 5 and different from the In- 

 ward or Tubulary Part ^ which was more entire and compared together, 

 than in a Man's ^ and was of a red colour, by means of the blood vejfeh 

 which run between the TubuH VrinariJ or Secretory Duils, which make up 

 this part of the Kidneys. Which Veffels when inflamed and over- 

 extended, by making a Compreffion on thefe Tubuli TJrinariJ, may caufe 

 a Supprejfion of Urine ; in which cafe Phlebotomy or Bleeding is very ne- 

 ceflary. And without doubt was the Caufe of the Succefs Riverius (66) 

 met with in a Patient, who had a Supprejfion of Urine for three days 5 

 for upon bleeding freely, he was prefently relieved, and in a fliort time 

 rendered a large quantity of Urine. In this Tubulary Part of a Humane 

 Kidney I always obferve thefe BloodVeffels : but here ufually the Cortical 

 or Glandulous Part makes a deeper defcent between the heads of this 

 Tubulary, and divides it into feveral Bodies ; and as many of them as ap- 

 pear , fo many lefler Kidneys may be reckoned to make up the Body of 

 each Kidney. In Infants the Kidney externally appears more divided 



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