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Pecquet^ of the Lafteal VefTels in Women by Monfieur 
J^Hck^ and of the Liver by Malpighiiu : That the Du- 
Pancreaticiu was firft difcovered by Wtrtfurfgus , and 
tile Spleen and the Reins found to be Glandulous Bodies 
by Malpighius : That the Lympha and its Dulls U'cre 
never tiiought of, til! they were difcovered by Bartho- 
lin^ Rtddheck^ and Jolliffe : That Dr. Havers found out 
the Mucilage in the Joynts, with the Glands which prc- 
(erveit: And lafliy, That the Anatomy of Bruits has 
been as carefully txamined as that of Men, of which he 
gives (everal Inflance^. (Chap. 17, i8, 19.) 
^f^ In Treating of Ph'dofophy, he begins with Natural 
Hiftory, and vv itli that of Elementary Bodies and Mi- 
nerals as the fimpleft. He obferves that the Ancients 
knew little of tlie Nature of Air; that though Arijlot/e 
believed it to gravitate, } et bis Difciples fo little under- 
iiood him, that they afTerted the quite contrary ; that 
the Dodrine of its Spring is owing to our truly Noble 
Countryman Mr. Boyle, whofe Hiftorits of the moft con- 
fpicuous qualities of Terreftrial Bodies have much en- 
larged that part of Natural Hiftory. In his Account of 
Minerals ht inftances in the Loadftcnc, whofe Nobleft 
Properties were Anciently unknown; and he enlarges 
upon their ufe, with the mcreafe of Wealth and Know* 
ledge, which thereby have accrued to thefe European 
Nations, in thefe two lad Ages. {Chap. 20.) 
Of the Natural H^fiory of Plants he Obferves, tMt 
all Ancient Defcriptions are confufed and lame, and in 
number very deficient • That nothing which they did 
€in be compared with Gerhard's^ ParkinfonSy and Bau- 
hines Herbals, much lefs with Mr. -S^'s, who firft drew 
up a Methodical Hiftory of all the Plants yet known, 
(^Chap. 21.) 
Of hfehs he Obferves, That the Ancients only ined- 
led with the moft Remarkable forts/ and there rarely 
took notice of any but the moft confpicuous things : 
So 
