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ceins. it some Men ac lome rimes drink chrec s bur holds on in irs monced Chanel, che Vein; anet
che Oritice cloles up ag2in
Flavins lufticienely demonstrared che Circulari-
space; and secins, secony, thar chere is com- on ot che Blood, We will ihen ruo chines Farcher:
first. Flo che Blood passes out ot che Arreries in
Bene Veins) ic is clear, char by che cuo Fimu genr.
(Wrhich are none of che larges Arreries) cheremust
paIs in half an lTourScime Ex Pound ot Liguor
all wrhich must come trom che tJcarr; and hon
much more rhen may we conceire ro be driven
chrough allche orher Arreries chac run chrough cho
Wrhole Body: This is more accurarely evinced by
Or. LorverS Exverimene, wrhich is chis: I CUT a
funder (Pays he) boch ihe Cervical Arceries in 3
corhe Veins, and secondly, in hou lone cime che
Whose Mals oF Blood may be suppoled 10 pals
chrouph ehe Flcare in irs ordinary Circularion.
ASeo ehe first, ic was che Opinion ol Riolanus.
Thac the Blood circulated only chrouph che larger
Vessels by Anactomolis or Inosculacion ot the
Veins wwith the Arteries; and that that which rar
into che smaller, Was all spene on the Nucririon o
The PaTES. Bur it is clear, chac there must be
Circulation even in ihe (mallest, trom che preai
large D08, and ac che lame time chrough an hole quanriry of Bl00d chac wwili Rou our ot rhe leaB
nadie in ihe Letr-side ot his Breast over-aeains
ehie Fearr, Pcompress drhe Trunk otche Aorta be
lon che Lleare wichmy Finger, cohinder any B1000
trom descendins br ic; and laFIy, L cook care al
to co straicen ehe Brachial Arteries under the Axil
lae by wrtich means almot all che Bloud vas dri
ven out ot the IPeare chroueh che Cervicals (be.
sides rhar wetich vas sene into ehe Vertebrals) and
Arrery in ehe FTand or Foor, when ic is cur, wtich
n
ic nere rery ablurd ro imasin 1o Bc all ipenr on
the Nouristimene ot che respectire part. Non
chere are bue evo waps Whereby the Blood can be
suppoled ro pals our ot the Arreries into che Veins.
viz. cither by the formers beins concinued ro ot
openins into che lacrer by Inosculation, or elle by
thie Capillary Arteries lecrins our rheir Blood into
Wrtich is ondertul ro be relared, wichin che zoch che Pores ot the Substance ot che Parrs, on ivtiose
Pare ot an tlour che wwhole Mass illued out; se
thac it is noc to be denied, bur thac ic aIl pals
chrouoh the Flcare in char space. And chouph i
may be granced, thac amidst such Wounds anc
Lorrures che Hleare does beac Pomewhat quicke
than ac ocher rimes; vec che lame chins is parrt
evidene from ehie Wounds in the Limbs Wrhen lome
nocable Arcery is cur alunder; tor ic is scrange ir
hon sinail a cime a Man vill bced i0 deach.
even ae chat one Arrery. Tea we may sive
a sreat puels how much Blo0d is sene OuE a
every Pulle, even tro
ehie ordinary openins o
one Vein in the Arm, trom vhence a norable
quantiey ot Bl00d wiil itlue in a More time
tion much may vre then suppole ill AoW oue o
all, che Veins, it chey vere opened ac one cime;
Secins chen eis evidene, chac (0 grear a quancir
ot Blood is expelled cur ot che Hearr ac every
Systole, and ThaE FOr aIL chac the Arceries ArE nOE
unduly distended, nor any paer (velld by ic nei-
cher, and yet che Cava and orher Voins empried, ei
Nucririon pare is spemr, and che remainder imbi
bed by che papine Mouchs ot che Capillary Veins
That ic is necessary co admit ot chis latrer way, is
erident, becaule it part ot the Arrerial Blood dic
noc issue into che substance of ehe ParIS, chey
could noc be nouristred by ic; for while ic is in che
Vessels, it may add Wwarmeh indeed co the ParES
chroueh wrhich ir ROWS, BuE cannoc nourim chem.
lecins even che Vessels chemlelves are noc nourimt
cd by chac Seream of Blood char glides alone cheir
Caviey, bur by Capillaries runnins chrouph cheir
Coats; and it the Bl0od be driven inco che Sub.
sance oF the ParES, and ThaE in a Breater quanEi
er than Custices for cheir Nourithmene, (25 W2s
just non Meun chat ic is) wrhac is super Auous must
nceds encer che Mouchs ot che Capillary Veins.
from wotich ic poes formard co che larver, and le
ro che HearE: Bur secins ehis way ot cranstusins
the Blood chroueh the Substance oF the ParES haS
Scemed ro lome noc to ansiver ro chac hacty Circu.
lation ot ic ve hare demonstrated; cher have
chouphr ic necessary al(0 10 adr ic oE che former
ries AOns Bdck LO thC LsCa e es,  L Way, namely, Anastomoles, by wtrich che Veins
are continved ro che Arreries, and chat nor onz
in cheir larger Branches (25 chac nocable one oFthe
Splenick Arrery wich che Splenick Vein) buE allo
in cheir smaller Tivies in che exeream ParEs. Bu
we must consider, thac in a livins Body che Colid
than in a dead; s0 rhac chough ehe Anaromists
Aind cheir Substance (o dense and close, asto mak
quick a pastasc ro ihe Blnod chroush chem; ver
he ould rather beliere ir, chan Cuxpose sucti A.
nastomoles as he cannoc discover, (thongh it ver
(and perhraps lome ot the Arreria wich che Vena
Fulmonaris is the Lun35) none ot ihe larest mol
any. And as for char mentioned, i scems rd
allo ot one ein wich anocher) chan oE an Arre-
ry wien d Vein
Pints oF Demk, cher Mall Piss ir out axain in halE
a HTour, rea more oF Tunbridre Wacers in thal
monly as much Blood as Serum chac Aows 1o che
certain char che Blocd char is driven into the Arre.
2. R lecond ArpumenE LO prOVC IE, may be ca
ken tront che Valves in che res, Which are se
out ot the lesser Veins inco the Breater, (and le
inco rhe Cava) bur noc, on che contrarr, our oF Parrs are infinicely more Porous and Permeablc
ehe prearer inro the lels. Tea if one B M
ehe Cava chrouzh a Pipe, chere will no Wind palo
imo the sraller Veins; bur on the concrary, it ic scem almost impossibe rhey Mould permie sc
vou blou up the lesser Veins, the W ind ill rea
disus Dass co the larger, and (ocorhe Cava.
3. And laltlr, che lame chins is more clear b,
phe Lieature in Blood-serring: For whecher rou ler nor disticule c0 And chem oue it chey had any exi-
Blood in the Arm Or FOOT, rou alvays ceche Fil- Aence.) For abarins rhat single one of che Sple.
Ec abbre where vou incend co make che Oritice, nick Arcery wich che Ramus Splenicus ot the Porta
And chenthe Vein below che Ligarure will presencly
FII ind pro cumid, bur abore, ic will FaII ani
almost dilappear. Which must needs be trom accurare Anaromists have Deen able 10 find our
hence, For thac the BOod beins driren alons the
Aereries rowards the CxTrCaM PArES, FeTUENS by
ehe leins and alcends upvards, irtrich comine eo are trequene in leveral ParrS oF che Body, aS aEC
etre Lisature, and being AoDe cherc, sivels the
Vein below che Ligature, and spurES Out aS IOOr
a5 che Oritice is made; buc wvten the Filler
constant Circularion.
ther t0 be oF an Arcery with an Arcery (such 2c
And secondly, as ro the Space ot Time in which
Framed char Blood may freely RoW chroven chem
lo0ied apais che b.edul hono no tonves ous cheieat, ehe mhoie Dlato dl Bleoa mar ordinabitus d