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the Diaphragm and Abdominal Mufcles in Re- 

 fpiration, do make thofe Parts, which are bro- 

 ken off, as they are diffolv'd, mix intimately 

 with the more Liquid ; as the Meat which I 

 digefted with Oil of Turpentine, and Oil of 

 Vitriol, did by Agitation mix more equally with 

 the Oils, and became a Pulpament. 



As the Juices, which conftitute the Saliva, do 

 ferment upon their mixture, Co it is probable* 

 that from their Mixture and Fermentation there 

 refolts fuch a Tertium quid, as is apt to fer- 

 ment with the Bile. And therefore, when the 

 Aliment has been under the Fermentation, ex- 

 cited by the Saliva, a fufficient time, it is then 

 thrown into the Duodenum, where it meets with 

 the bilious Juice, which flows into that lnteftine 

 from the Liver, from which a new Fermenta- 

 tion fcems to begin and the Commotion of the 

 Parts of the Aliment being ftill continued, does 

 carry on the Bufinefs of Digeftion until the Food 

 is perfectly concocted : Though it is probable, 

 that this new Fermentation ferves not only for 

 the more perfect Digeftion of the Food, but like- 

 wife for the Separation of the Chyle from the 

 feculent Parts. 



Neither do I by a random Guefs, and an 

 ungrounded Conjecture, fuppofe that from the 

 Mixture and Fermentation of the two Juices, 

 which conftitute the Saliva , there refults a 

 Matter, which is apt to ferment with the 

 Bible. But to me the Notion feem'd to be 

 confirmed by an Experiment that I made. 

 For confidering with my felf, that the Bile 

 is generally allow'd to have much of a %>o- 

 nary Nature, I made a Solution of Soap in fair 

 Water, and mix'd it with the Oils of Turpentine 



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