Milt-Vejfeh, their Apparatus, &c 9 



if in the Courfe of my Obfervation 

 a regular Progrefs in the Expanfion 

 of the Milt-Bag, and Formation of 

 the Milt-Veffels, had not prefcnted 

 itfelf. 



Before the Milt-Veffels are per- 

 fe£tly formed, the Semen is diffufed 

 at large in that Part of the Bag 

 which has already expanded itfelf, 

 and nothing is to be diftinguifihed 

 in it even with the greateft Mag- 

 nifier, but fmall opake Globules 

 fwimming in a fort of ferous Mat- 

 ter without any Signs of Life. When 

 I firft made this Difcovery, I little 

 furmifed, that a new Apparatus was 

 forming itfelf for the Reception of 

 the Semen, and therefore was much 

 furprifed to find fcattered up and 

 down in feveral Parts of it fpiral, 

 elaftick Springs inclofed in a tranf- 

 parent cartilaginous Tube, nor could 

 I then imagine their Ufe. 



The fpiral Springs, with their in- 

 doling Cafe, feemed then as com- 

 pleat as they ever appeared to me 

 afterwards, with this Difference on- 

 ly, that as in procefs of Time, when 



