C 6i66 ) 
D'e LuD^ Ecliplibus tacuifere, quippe quas amiem quidam in 
Ephemeride jua accuratius h Theoria Horrocciana Jlpputavit, 
Saturni ]ovhadfixas appulfm per noHes aliquot cumprcece- 
dentes^ium dtem^in tabula conjunBioni confcriptam fequenUs ob- 
fervare lieetijovifqm citms.quippe ejus in ephemeride Htckeri- 
ana tnotns 15' min.juflotardiores hoc anno reperiuntur. Commos 
dnm foret^ ftiam adtranfitus S^"^ 2^ , per fix am noSe turn 
pracedente turn fequente earn in tabula exaratam attendere^ ne 
ipfo tempore minus fit ferenumCslum ; quod Califpicihus fireni- 
m qukm per elapjhm annum expertus efi^ hifce Vhainomenk 
chfirvandis exoptat. Derbise 1673. J, F. 
An Account of fome Books. 
hPHARMACEVTlCE RATION A LIS ^ five Diatriba de Medi- 
dtcamentorum Operationihus in Humano corpore : Juih^Thdl 
Willis M.D. tnVniv^ Oxon^ Frof, Sedlejanoy nec non ColU 
MtdXond d^Socxtt.Ktg. Socio. E Theat.SheldonA67^Jn^''. 
^*^""^H E DefigD and Bufioefs of this loftrudiive and Ufeful 
piece SS3T0 give the Mechanical reafon of the operati- 
on of ail forts of Medicines upon the Aoimal fpirits in Mans 
body^ and after what mapner and how many ways they fer- 
snent the Blood and Humors in the fame. For the clearer 
liodciftandingof whichj the Excellent Author prcmifeth an 
cxaft Dtfcription and Rcprcfentation of the Stomach and 
Bowelsjin which chofe Animal Spirits do lodge, and arc firft 
of all by the particles of the medicine wrought upon. In the 
doing of whichj he hath in a very accurate manner examiocd 
thofe parts, from the very Mouth to the end of the Bowels^ 
and in each of them very elaboratly laid open their Nervous, 
Mufcularand Glandulous membransj and fhew'd the fevcral 
pofitions of fibres in them^Iying long waysjtranfverfeand ob» 
lique/ome meerly ferving for fcnfe.others for variety of mo^ 
lion 5 together with the curious iwoof of the Arteries and 
Vcins^and thcrare contrivance of numerous Glanduls. 
This being difpatch't^hc makes it his bufinefs to explain the 
principal thing propofed, which^he faith, hath been hitherto 
one of the Defiderata in Phyfick,«/;jz,Jn what manner, and by 
what kinds oi imprcffion upon the parts of an Human Body, 
Medicaments perform their operationsjthatistofay^How and 
Why foaje Medicins are Vomiiive/omc Purgativejorhers Su- 
dorifiqufj 
