II. Explanation of an Effay on the life of the 
Bile in the Animal Oeconomy, by Alex- 
ander Stuart, M. D. I Thyfician in Ordinary to 
her Majejly, F. S. and of the College of 
IP hyficians . Vide N 0, 414. 
I N that fhort Effay on the Ufe of the Bile in the 
Animal Oeconomy, N°. 414, of the T ranj'adti- 
ons of this Society , fome Points, which required a 
farther Illuftration, having been there, for the fake 
of Brevity, only hinted at} it is neceffary, and I 
hope may be of fome Ufe, to fet thefe Points in a 
dearer Light : Which I (hall endeavour to do, by folving 
fuch Difficulties, and anfwering fuch Remarks, as 
have occurred in Converfation. and Correfpondence one 
that Subjed. 
The firft Remark which deferves Regard is, that 
I take no Notice of the Effed of the Gall fpilt up- 
on the external Coat of the Intejtinesftom. the Wound 
in the Gall-Bladder , whofe Stimulus on the Out- 
fiae is fuppofed fufficient to have produced, and to 
have folved all the Phenomena,, or Symptoms ob- 
ferved and related in the Cafe : So that all the 
Symptoms which I attribute to a Want of the Sti- 
mulus of the Gall on the Infid e of the Intejlines , 
might have been more properly aferibed to the fame 
Stimulus y acting upon the Outfide of the uppermoft: 
Guts fituated neared to the Gall-Bladder , whofe 
compieat Contraction by the Force of that Stimulus ,, 
expelling; 
