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tkr, as maybeCeen in Shambles: Whereas, if there were fuch a thing u 
a Parenchyma , that certainly would r like a hungry Sponge, immediately 
fwell up in feveral parts , (which without much difficulty might be difcover d 
in difleflion) and more eminently , where it 'fliould find the .pores more 
patent : And in the diffe&ion of fuch Mufcles it would be very ftrange , not 
to find Come, if not many, pieces of them in various fhapes , to the great 
inconvenience of the parts , in which they are feated : Which yet 1 confefs 
I could never find in anyMufcle,unlefs it were where there had been a C«w- 
fion^ or an Impfinme , or the like. But according to my opinion of the 
Tarekcbmom parts , the reafon, why the Fiefh of a very lean Qxe or Cow# 
that hath got new Flefti in a good pafture , eats tenderer , Teems to be this ; 
That in a very lean Beaft the Veffels defleined for admitting and diftributing 
the nourifhing Juice , are fo near contracted, and lye fo clofe together, that, 
when once they are relax’d , by the frefti and unCfuous nourifhment > they 
extend every way in all extenfive parts , until in a fhort time the Whole Crea- 
ture is , as it were , created a new , having got new flelh upon old bones ; 
AndJthe neceffity of extreme extenfion makes all thofe parts , that are , as 
has been faid, for the admiffion of nourifhment, fo thin and fine, that it 
will make the lean Beaft , put into a rich pafture, eat young and tender : 
Whereas one of the fame Age., that never was very poor , fed in the fame 
pafture, fliall eat hard and tough. _ r . . 
3 . It has been obferved , that Corpulent Perfons in fome Difeafes, tnac 
&e on them, do fall away to wonder , not only in the Waft, but in the 
Arms , Legs , and Thighs ; and the very Calves of the Legs have been ob- 
ferved fo flaccid and loofe, that one might wrap the skin about the bones. The 
reafon whereof , according to the opinion. deliver’d , may be eafily rendred 
to be, A great Confumption of the Stock of Liquors, that in Health kept 
the Veffels turgid • • Which Veffels I fuppofe to make up thofe Mufcles. But 
When the Pores are -obftruCled , that the nourifhment is hindred ( which then 
alfo ufes to be but fparingly adminiftred ) and fweats , either fpontaneous , 
or forced , are large , there muft needs be a great expence of thofe Liquors, 
the fupply being but inconfiderable : which cannot but contra# all thefe du#$ 
of all forts nearer together, and make them much lefs in themfelves, meerly 
From Exhauftion : Or , if there flaould be no fweats,the internal Heat fpends. 
the fpirits , and dries up the Liquors ; the confequence whereof may reafo- 
rnbly be prefumed to be this Flaccidity of parts, and great and fudden 
Change, made in them; not that there is need of. any Parenchyma to fill 
up thefe Mufcles, corifidering what hath been faid. Meanwhile, I humbly 
conceive, that if it be in any part of a Mufcle , their Ingenuity, that plead 
for it, will put them upon fome experiments , to bring it to Ocular De» 
tnonftration , either in a Living or Dead Mufcle, any kind of flefh, raw, 
rolled , boy I’d , or in what they can beft make it out. And when I ihall b e 
convinc’d of an Errour in what I have difeourfed , I fhall beg pardon for gL 
vino the Occafton of the trouble of that Experiment , which fhall prove 
• ;T V Parenchyma 
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