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Clandula MaxiSares intern^^ and SuUinguaks^ do be- 
ftow their Liquor upon the Meat, vvhich is within the 
Teeth and Gums. Neither has {lie had a Regard only 
to that Supply, which is due to all the Parts of our Food, 
but likewife to the Mixture of the two different Juices 
of the Saliva^ which is neceflary to its Fermentation. 
And therefore, as I have already obferv'd, the Orifices 
of the Du<9:s, which belong to one fort of Glands, are 
placed near the Aperture of a DucJt, which conveys a 
Juice from one of the other Glands. So the Duds of 
the Glandulic Nuckian£^ and the Dudus Stenoniam, do 
on each fide open into the Mouth, near one another; 
and the falivatory Dufts of th^ GlanduU Suhlinguales^ 
and the Maxillares intern£y tho' they have diftinS Ori- 
fices, empty themfelves under the fame Papilla ; and 
the Juices, which are Tupply'd by them, meet there^ and 
flow into the Mouth together. 
The feveral Parts of the Saliva being difcharg'd into 
the Mouth in fuch a manner as to meet and begin a Fer- 
mentation, the Saliva does, partly as it is agitated with 
the Food by the Teeth, and fome other Parts of the 
Mouth, partly by its own Fluidity infinuate it felf into, 
and mixes with the Food, and not only moiftens and 
foftens it, but excites the Fermentation, which is to dif- 
folve it. And when the Aliment is thus mix'd with the 
Saliva, which ferves to ferment the whole Mafs, it is 
then to be convey'd into the Sromack, that great dige- 
fiive Veflei of the Body, u^here the Fermentation is not 
only continued but improved. 
The Nouriihment being convey'd into the Cavity of 
the Stomack, is there kept for fome time in a digeftive 
Heat, all which time it is under a Fermentation produc'd 
by thec'ifTerent Parts or Juices of the Saliva, which are 
mixed with it ; which Fermentation doesfirft agitate the 
more tenuious or fubti! parts of the Food, and puts 
them 
