HcBmajlatks. i2i 
^ith a Spunge, which was foon moiften’d in 
every part again, by the Water which ouzed 
thro' from the mefenteric Arteries ; and it wa$ 
the fame on frequent Repetition, and alfo 
when I held this open part fo as to make a 
fmall Cavity or Bafin with it, it would'then 
alfo be foon filled with Water. 
13. In another Dog whofe Gut was not 
flit, the Quantity of Water which flowed 
in, was in fome Continuance of time fo great 
as to diftend the Guts and even burft the 
Stomach. Whence we fee how eafily the thin- 
ner Part of the Blood may flow into the Ca- 
vity of the Stomach and Guts, as it is found 
in Fad to do in living Animals : And as fuch 
large Qiiantities are thus fccerned into the 
Cavity of the Vtfcerdy this mufl: needs have 
a great Influence on the Blood, when thefe 
Secretions are cither too plentiful and thereby 
diforder it by too great Evacuations, or when 
they are on the other hand too fmall, or are 
too fuddenly flopped, the ill Effeds of which 
are foon felt in the Head and Lungs, whence 
often a Fever. 
14. It is common for habitual hard Drinkers 
to labour under the Inconvenience of too 
great Difcharges of chcfe Humours into their 
Stomachs, 
