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Cupply the others defedh Which is very evident to be Been $ for ' 
the Diaphragme being made ufelefs by loofing its Nerves , the 
intcrc&jlal Mufcles do dilate the Ribs much more than formerly^ 
even to the utmoftdiftance they can , when there is need for it - 
as, when you make the Dog run a little after he is cut, or when 
you gallop a Wind-broken Horfe, doth manifeftly appear. 
3. The manner of Refpiration being the fame in a Dog , whofe 
^ Diaphragme-nervesarecut, and in a JVwd- broken Horfe, ’tismore 
than probable, that the Caufe maybe as nearly the fame, as the 
Signes are-, and that, though there may be other faults found in 
the Lungs of fuch Creatures, yet ’tis very likely, they may be 
induced from the weaknefs of Refpiration , but that they" had 
their Occafion from the Relaxation or Rupture of the Nerves of the. 
Diaphragme at firft : which will feem more credible, ifwere- 
member, that by the ftreining of theMidriff too much fby which 
^ the Nerves may be quite broken or ftretcht beyond their proper 
tone ) moft commonly that accident happens. 
Anatomical 
Obfervations on a Humane Body , dead of odd Difeafes 5 as they 
were communicated by Dr. Nathanael Fairfax. 
A Young Maid of Rumborough in Stiff 'oik , when ihe was about 
thirteen years of age, took chaly beats for the Green-fick- 
nefs, and found fome relief by it , but was after much pent in her 
wind. From iCt0 22.ihemuchaffii<fted her felf for the Death 
of her Father and Mother , and the misbehaviour of a Brother 5 
* during which time, fhehad every year an acute difeafe or two. At 
1 8, ihe was very weakly, clogg’d in her Cheft, and melancholy. 
If ihe went out in a windy day, ihe was fain to make haft in * for 
the wind, Jhefaidj was ready to choak her. She was a very flow 
Walker, going up-hill or up-ftairs with much difficulty. She 
was now obferved to be very thirty , ufually drinking at Bed. 
time, and in the night too, fometimes i elfe , fhefaid , ihe fhould 
be choak’t with drought. Between 21. and 22. of her age, going 
downftairs, ihe heard a frightful Jolking in her Breaft-, which 
ihe then made known to the reft of the houfe, who when ihe 
fhew d them the manner of it by ihakirrg her Body , joyn’d all 
with her in the wonder , concluding (as moftiwould have done by 
thenoife) that her Breaft was aimoft full of water. She took fe- 
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