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Noble Experiment of that Learned and Expertfmatomift, 
Dr . Lower ^ ufing to open fometimes the right fide of the 
Thorax , and with his fingers to break the Receptacle > and 
fometimes on the left fide,ithe DuBus Thoracicus^ little under 
th^Subelaviarj whereby it hath come to pafs, that Dogs, 
well fed all the while, have thrown out all the Chyle into 
the opened part of the Thorax, and, though plentifully fed, 
were ftarved within three daies : there appearing mean time 
in the Veins opened a crafs bloud, deftitute of Serum, but not 
any mixture of tranfmitted Chyle. 
Having rejected the LaUeous and Lymphatic ^ veffels from 
this office, he declareth, that we rnuft reft in the Ancient 
Doctrine, which layeth the task of conveighing the Succus 
nutritius , to the Breafls and Womb, upon the Arteries ; 
uniefs the Nerves be call d in for aid, tor conveighing fome 
of the Spirituous Juyce 3 to be mixed with the Nutritious, to 
give life and vigour j And having proved this, he takes no- 
tice of the multitude of Anajlomofes, remarkable in the womb 
oftpregnant Creatures * and fubjoyns a difcufiion of the way 
how the Alimental Juyce is in the womb fevered from the 
rnafsof the bloud: whether by meer Percolation , or by fome 
Ferment , working upon the Bloud, and thence precipitating 
what is proper for the ufe of that part. 
In the Second* Chapter he treats of the Placenta's and Gian - 
dales, and (hews, How many waies the Juyce is derived from 
the Womb to the Feetus : Firft, (imply from the Membrane 
of th eVterus to the Membrane of the Fcetus , as in all Ovi- 
parous Creatures.; and among Viviparous , in a Sow, all the 
time of her bearing ; in a Mare , for half the time; and in 
a Woman, the firft month only. Secondly 3 By a Maps of flejb^ 
filtringthe JuVce f as in all Cake-bearing ( called by the La« 
tines, Placentifera j) and in all Kernel -bearing (called Clanduh- 
fera') or Ruminating Animus. Where he giveth a particular 
account of the double Placenta or Cake£o be found in Rabbets 5 
Bares , Mice, Moles, &c. and examines the learned Dr .Whar- 
tons Do6trinr 3 affigning^a double Placenta toatleaft all Vi- 
vipar&usj Animals, fo as one half of it belongs to the Vterus, 
the other, to the Chorion ; fliewing how far this is true, and 
declaring 
