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part of the Br din % the Kidneys^ the Spleen; the Polypus of the 
Heart. Concerning the Liver , he firfl gives a fumma- 
ry Account of what hath been faid of it 5 then relateth 
what himfelf hath obfenred in that part , in all forts of 
Living Creatures , finding it to have Lobes and to be a Glan- 
dul of that kind 5 which by Anatomifts are called Conglomerate 
in contradiftin&ion to the Conglobate > thirdly examines (Very 
modeftly) the reafons given by the Learned Dr .Wharton againft 
'its being a Glandul % fourthly , affigncth" 'its office and life 3 
and making it no other, then that it feparateth the Gall , and 
conveighs the fame , by means of the ports biliarius , into the 
Inteftins * notwithftanding all the Exceptions of Be Bills , 
Deufingius, Sylvius &c. Whereunto he fubjoyns alfo the 
great Ufe of the Gall ( efteemed a kind of Excrement by 
the Vulgar) in performing the part of a neceffary condiment 
and ferment in digeftion * fo that upon it's abfence , or ob- 
ftruftion in the Liver ? very dangerous difeafes, and efpecially 
the Dropfy, muft needs enfue. 
Touching the Exterior part of the Brain ( called by Ana- 
tomifts Cerebri Cortex*) he firft inquires into the Nature of i'ts 
Subftance, and finds it a Congeries of Glanduls ^ more confpicu- 
ous to be fuch in boyled than in crude Brains, and moft difcern- 
able in Fifties and Birds : Where he alledges an Obfervatl- 
on of a Stone found in the Brain \ which was faihioned like 
the fruit of Mulberrys 3 conglobated and made up of many' 
fmal kernels or grains, of afli-color, probably thus form'd by 
the petrified Cortex of the Brain , and fo retaining the natu- 
ral Shape of the Glanduls thereof. Next, he folveth the argu- 
ments of the above mentioned Dr. Wharton produced ih his 
Book De Glandults , againft that Opinion. Further, explaining 
the Veftels of the Brain , and their Procefs , he affirms 3 that 
the whole Subftance called the Medulla of the Brain and the 
After- brain, is a Heap of Fibres or Veffels, which from the 
Stock or Trunck of the Spinal marrow >>by many Windings 
and Crinkles forme thofe Cavities and Involutions 7 to be 
found there, and are at laft deeply implanted in the very 
Gtanduls of the Brain: Where he teaches, that the whole 
Work of reparation and depuration is perform'd by the in- 
ward ftrudure of the Glanduls of the Brain, the Iuyce parting. 
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