158 Miftellanea Curiofa. 



is no fooner enclofed in the Stomach, and dige- 

 fted in the Heat of that, and the adjacent Pprts, 

 but the more fpirituous and fubtil Particles are 

 put into motion both from that Warmth, and 

 the difference of their Natures, and enter upon 

 a Fermentation. And fo by their inteftine 

 Commotion , and the Violence they offer to 

 thoie Parts which oppofe the tendency of any 

 of them s they break and diffolve what is more 

 folid. 



Again :! Some fuppofe, that this Ferment is 

 fupply'd from the Glands of the Stomach. 



And Laftly, Others, and perhaps with much 

 better Reafbn, contend for the Saliva, and make 

 that to be the Ferment, which ferves principally 

 for the Digcftion of the Food ; which in Mafti- 

 cation being mix'd with our Aliment, is with 

 that carried down into the Stomach, where the 

 Parts of it being put into motion by a kindly 

 and agreeable Heat, they do ferment with, and 

 exagitate firft thofe Parts of the Food which are 

 moil apt to ferment with it, and then both con- 

 fpire to break and diffolve the groffer and more 

 ftubborn Parts. And Galen, in the Book I have 

 before-mention'd, plainly allows that the Saliva 

 is concern'd in the bufinefs of Concoction, tho' 

 he fuppofes the Alteration, which is produc'd by 

 this Juice, to be made in the Mouth, as appears 

 from thefe Words : Qu# (altcratio ) in ore agitur 

 mm at quidem id (nutrimentum) in alteram jpeciem 

 manifejle, non tamen ad perfeftionem tranfmutat — 

 Qui manfi funt cibi primum quidem hac Pituita 

 ( oris ) imbuunter , & cum ea mifcentur 

 Xtaque major em mutationem conjecuti funt, quam 

 ih qui in vacuis dentium interval/is fuere im* 

 pacli* 



Now 



