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the Mare were full of Blood, there was fomc 
alfo in the defcending Aorta^ and in both Ven- 
tricles and Auricles. 
10. In order to make an Eftiniate, with 
what Force the Heart of this Mare muft pro- 
pel the Blood j to raife it in the Tube co the 
Height of nine Feet fix Inches, I inje&d the 
right Ventricle of the Heart in the following 
manner, *viz* 
11. I fixed a musket Barrel to the pulmo- 
nary Vein, near its Entrance into the left 
• Auricle ; and tyed the afeending and defeend* 
ing Aortas fall, at fome Diftance from their 
branching off from each other : Then plac- 
ing the Barrel in a perpendicular Pofture, 
with a Funnel on the top of it, I poured in 
melted Bees- wax, till the Funnel Vv^as half 
filled. Yet as- I had found by Experie-nce, 
this perpendicular Height of melted Wax, 
which was near four Feet, would not have 
filled the Auricle and Ventricle, if I had not 
at the fame time taken care to pafs a (mall 
brafe Pipe, thro’ one of the afeending Bran- 
ches of the Aorta, into the left Ventricle j 
thro' which the Air pafled off as the Wax 
entered into the Ventricle, the brafs Pipe be- 
ing at the fame time gradually drawn up by 
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