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IV. An Account of Chylification, by 
Mr. William Cotvper. 
THE occajion of the fo Sawing Paper^ was in Com- 
plyance to feme ingemous Enquirers about the 
Procefs of Nature in Chylification ; fo that a Phzlofo* 
phical Account of that grand Operation^ is not here fo 
much aimed at^ as a Irief Anatomical Enumeration 
of Matter of fa^l^ in the fever al fieps made ufe of for 
that purpofe: Nor had any part of Cont rover fie had any 
place in it, lut in anfwer to an ingenious Perfon^ who 
fuppofed the Menfirmm of the Stomachy after having 
there Impregnated the Aliment hy its auflere faculty^ 
fhould ohlige that part to Contrail^ in order to void its?.. 
Contents, as appears hy the fixth Paragraph, 
0/ C H Y L I F I C A T I O N. 
THO' is faid to begin in the Stomach, 
yet in regard the groffer parts of that Aliment 
ought to undergo a notable Preparation before they are 
fitted for its Reception ; it therefore ftems pertinent to 
an Account of this grand Operation in Nature, to con- 
! fider the Materials ot Nurimenc in all their Stages, -efpe- 
'rlally in their firft Reception into the Mouth, whatoe- 
cefTary Alterations and Mixtures they there meet with, 
before they defcend into the Stomach. 
. The Aliment which we fliall here firft fpeak of, is 
inch, as whofe grofnefs of parts require Mafucation or 
Chewing; in the Reception of whichj the Dentes Inci-- 
forit^ or Cutting- Teeth are fometimes imploy'd, in di- 
fjding it from the more bulky part ; when a proporti^^ 
