(5^8) 
the Structure of tht Stomachy which he thinks highly confidera- 
blc forthe underftanding of theadionand xx^toiihx^ vifcus^zx)d 
hitherto not taken notice of by others , that he knows. T^^;? he 
teacbeth^ that the Food is notdigefted in theStomach hy Heat^ 
nor by ^^'/^ diffolving^P/^^'^fj only, but that, many caufes con- 
curring to that digeftion., the Aliment is there fermented both 
by the warmth of the Stomach it felf^ and of the neighbouring 
parts, but efpecially by the acrimonious ftcams, that pafs through 
xh^Gafirkkziidi Sflenkk Arteries into the Stomach, which ad- 
vances alfo it's concodionby its comprefling and relaxing mo- 
tions, and is aflifted by an apt liquor^, bedewing, difiolving, and 
diluting the meat ^ and fo converting it into a Pulfe or Creme- 
like fubftance. Ne^t^ he teacheth, that ih& Chyle paffethnoc 
through the Milky V«ins (fo called by Afe/lius} to the Livery 
nor 4// of it through the channel oi Fecfuet io the Hearty but a 
great part of it, through the common veins of theStomach and 
the Mefentery, to the Liver. Nor will he admit, that the ^an* 
guifcation is performed in any one part of the Animal, as the pe- 
culiar Shop or Elaboratory of it, whether Liver, Heart, ^leen. 
Nor that the parts are increafei and nouriflied by the red 
part of the Bloud : but that, as to the/t?r/w^r adlion, it is done 
by the means of a liquor, and by hot fleams, giving the red co- 
lour totheChyle,as C^7w//?^ufe to change n?^>^Juyces inters/, 
by thealFufionof ojl oi Sulfhur^ or the like liquors > thattcd^ 
Rcfs being much advanced by the motion and agitation of the 
bloud in the Veins and Arteries. But as to the latter, vid. the 
Nutrition^ it is performed by that whitifli Juyce, which is mixed 
with the Bloudj and feparated from it by the ftraining Glanduk 
©f thciBody. — ^ . , 
To thefe particulars he adds feveral not un-confiderable re- 
marks touching the Gatl^ Spleen, Lymphatick veffelsy (jrc. Obfer- 
ing alfo, that the whole kind of Birds is deftftute oi Milky 
veflels-, and occafionally taking notice, that Worms are bred in 
almoft all the parts of Animal-bodies • of whijc^ he^alledges vc* 
ry odd Gbfcrvationsand Hiftories. ; ; r^nnrt 
7. De Fita i: This he affirms to confift in the continued Mo- 
tion of the Bloud, depending from that of the Heart > yet fo 
that this latter ^proceeds not from the of thi? Bloud <asZ)f/- 
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