C 8» 3. 
running thro’ the Rings in the P eritonanm, and Ten- 
dons of the oblique Mufcles, &c. turn downwards 
and forwards, towards each other, on the OJJa Pubis, 
till they are loft in the Fat of the Moms Veneris , 
and fometimes in the Groins j and confequently could 
not ferve to any fuch Ufe, having no Communi- 
cation with either Ovarium or Clitoris. 
XXII. 
The celebrated Winjlow thinks them vafcular 
Cords, ariftng from the Communication of the fper- 
matic and hypogaftric Vefiels ; and fays, they 
ought to be efteemed as a particular Continuation of 
the Spermatics ; and that he fufpeds they furnifh the 
Matter which is fecreted from the Lacuna. Now 
thefe Cords are made up of mufculaj Fibres alone $ 
for, by the moft ftridt Examination I could make, the 
Fibres appear to me flefhy, and have a longitudinal 
Direction from one End to the other and as to their 
being vafcular, it is impoffible, from their Situation, 
they fhould be fo, becaufe they have not the leaft 
Communication with thefe Blood-vdlels he men- 
tions, and have only minute Twigs, as every other 
Mufcle has, for their Nourifhment : And as to the 
Lacuna , which are Glands on the Surface of the Va- 
gina in feveral Parts, they are remote enough from 
any Communication with the Fibres of thefe mufeu- 
lar Cords, where they are loft in the Fat of the 
Groin , and Mons Veneris 5 and therefore muft be 
defigned for fome other Ufe. 
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XXIII. 
