caufeofaTolypus^ that the Fibres of the hlco:l not being fufBci- 
ently fuftain'd and kept afunderiby a due motion of the inter- 
cepted fluid parts , may either barely upon the accd^nt 
by Rej} cling together, or elfe may be by degrees connedled 
fo an auftere afiringent acid (always to be found in cachedtical 
Bodies) for the fame reafon as (an analogous liqHor) milk is curd- 
led, only with this difference that in this, the coagulation is 
brittle, becaufe the Fibres are weak and fhort, whereas it 
may be very tough in becaufe its Fibres are ftrong and 
of a greater length. 
Upon the whole we may conclude that whatever mamtains 
the fluidity, motion, fpirit, and texture of the hlood promifes 
a cure (though not of a confirm d Polypus) yet of th^ firft RuMmenPs 
of it. All thefe indications are anfwer d by medicines of vo - 
latile, brisk adive parts, which deftroy acids, exalt and fer- 
ment the hlood^ and do not only hinder, but alfo diflblve 
the firft beginnings of coagulation and probably tis by affect- 
ing the ^lood and not immediately the ner^es^ that they do 
fuch feats in difeafes before raention'd. Laltly, the effe<9:s 
of bleedins in fome cafes can never enough be admir d, thus 
Ri'veyiu. tells US of a Girl i z years old, being bled plentifully 
for a Fkurijy^ was cur d of her falling Skknefi, a difeafe never 
without the fuipicion of a Fol)fU5. 
But Sir, the importunity and furprife of the Prefsmuft put 
a flop to tliefe Speculations, and gives me leave only to beg 
yours and the readers favor for all the defaults of 
Your humble Servant 
m Gould. 
The explication of the Figure of the Polypus according 
as it appear d, when frefh expanded on a Board. 
A. That fart of the Foljfus 72^hkh was firmly rooted in the right rentricl^ 
of the Heart, 
B. The Branch terminated in the right Auricle, 
C. D. jD. Z), The fart tending toward the Lungs ^ 
K £. The Branch running out of the 'ventricle into t'^e fulmonary Artery. 
^£.e^e.e^ &c. The feveral lejj'er Ramifications difi-nhted according to the 
fe'veral dimfims of the fulmonary Artery. 
F. F. F. The branch belonging to the defcenmng Vena Cava, 
G. The branches began in the Axillary ^uems. 
K H. II. H. H, &c. The two branches that ran uj the Internal Jugulars 
even to their entrance into the Skull. 
L h. TvAQ little^ black Jptcks of canented Ikai containd within the QoM 
of the Folyfus, 
Aft 
