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Th c Spleen, of which I had no" time to take the Figure, wa£ Of the 
in this Subjed $ i Foot long: On the backfide its Edge was Spleen. 
fomewhat curv’d, almoft in Shape or an unbended Bow : On the 
fore-fide, from a narrow Point at each end, it enlarg’d itfelf by 
degrees, till it came toward the middle where the Velfels entred, 
where it was broadeft Whether the Vena Splenica went forth by 
one, two, or more Orifices, 1 cannot pofitively determine, it be- 
ing cut off in faafte ^ and when cut off, I faw it ragged for the 
fpace of 4 or 5 Inches:, which I conceive to be becaufe of the 
Orifices of fo many Veins. It was thin and flaccid \ what Blood 
was prefs’d out of it, was blacker than any I had feen throughout 
the reft of the Body. If it had not been unwarily cut by feveral 
flafhes of the Butcher’s Knives, I defignd to have blown it up 
and prepar’d it. I cut off a little of it, and prefs’d out of it Ve- 
nal grumous Blood from feveral of its Cellules. It was in breadth 
from 3 Inches toward the Extremities, to 8 Inches about the 
middle. 
The GlanduU Renales were plac’d after the ufual manner : They Q an( j u ! X 
were about 5 Inches long, 2 Inches broad, and Oval, with a loofe R C nalc^ 
outer Coat, which I remov’d, as it had been a Sheath ; within* 
which was contain’d the Gland itfelf, being divided into feveral 
Lobes, like the Kidney of an Ox ; from whofe Tnterftices there 
pafs'd feveral thin Membranes, which paffing to the loofe Vagina t ~ 
kept it faft ; and by which this Vagina was only coherent with it. 
Its Veffels were cut off fo fhoit, that I could make nothing of 
them. I cut it longitudinally, and found in it a Cavity, which 
could contain about 2 Ounces, all full of a black grumous Blood, 
in Colour much like that l obferv’d in the Spleen. I fhall not 
much infill upon the life of thefe two Vifcera , about which there 
is fo much debate ; but only tell in fhort, that it is probable, as the 
Spleen is to the Liver, fo are thefe GlanduU Renales to the Kid- 
neys i that is to fay, whereas the Blood after it is diftributed into 
the Inteftines by the fever-T Arteries, which proceed from the 
Aorta, is receiv’d by the Orifices of fo many Veins, as ferve to 
make up lo many Radices V ena Porta ; it is convenient this Blood 
ftiould be animated by a new Supply of Spirits, the better to 
enable it to continue its Circulation in the Porta through the 
Liver, and difpofe it for the better Separation of the Bile; for 
which Ufe the Spleen feems to be adapted, both from itsSitua* 
tion in refpeftof the Liver, the Venal Blood cf the one entring 
the Porta for the other -, its Structure j Mora of the Venal Blood, 
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