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# Title: Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 71; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 71)
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betore imprisoned in cheir sels-divided P’arrs, is  for che Pores oF the Lacteal Vessels, called Cbyle
noc only sec more at liberry, bur by che nacural is ablorbed by chem, ihe chicker move AiII more
hear, it mult necessarily sutter such a Rarefaction.
as chac chereby che wtiole Scomach becomes sil
more and more distended; bence ic is ve have lels
Apperire lometime, atrer cacins (When chis Ineu
melceney is made) chan e had immediarely at.
cet; hence also arise chose FregVenE Fructations
From divers Alimenes, a5old Peale, Cabbase, anc
divers ocher Vegetables re trequencly cat; all
Aomly on, and by che many Rops cher continual
ly méer rich by che Connivent Values, aIl ches
Chyle or chin Parrs are ac lenech incirely absorbed
he Remains beins meerly Excremencirious, acc
only se eo be excluded by S10ol.
The Analosous Whire appearance of the Cbyle
Whecher in che Stomachi, or Incestines, and al.
Ways in che Venae Lacteae and Thoracicke Duct, mais
Which become verr much disturbins in depraved
Appecires and weale Sromachs. Thongh ve have
be seen in che Commincures ot divers Liguids
Wvhich separated extibirs no such Appearance
noc uled the ord Fermentation, ser e do noc nor is chis Phaenomenon any ochermile chan a Pranl-
suppole che dissolurion of che Alimene ichin che
Scomach ean be done ac least wichour an lucestine
Mocion OF ies Parricles with che Menstruum; bui
e hare omitred chac Term, becaule ic may be
aPE 10 lead us into an Idea ot a greater Conftict
chan in cruch chere really is.
Ac che lame cime this Inrumelcence and Apita
rion oE che Matrer is made in else Scomach, che
Concerts oF the neixhbourine excretory Dudtus s
namelz, che Bile in the GaIL. Bladder and L. iver.
Duct, and Panercarick juice in che Ductus Pan-
creaticus, are comprelsd ineo che Inrestinum Duode
num, chrovgh che Fxcension oF the Scomach il
selF; che Reduene Blood oF rhe Scomach, ac ThaV
instanc beine in Porie meature recarded, Wwhercbs
the Muscular Fibres are more liable 10 be cor
macted.
posrion of Parricles, Whecher by a menstruum in-
linvacins inco chem, dividins ehem into grols Clo
bules, as an Acid into Sulphur, 25 Vinegar wict
Oyl, (96. Or elle by Precipicarior, a5 When
Gummous or Relinous Body is disolved in a SP1
rievous Menstruum, and miz d wich a Phcom 3
(0 Tincture oF Myrrh and Benjamin, 60. make
a milky appearance in comm:on Water.
The Longirudinal and Pranlverse Order oF the
GuES, are the Instrumenes by crhich che Peristal.
rick Morion of chem is performed, which Morion
is nor onty necessary for pustiins cheir Contenrs
Formards, buc by Reciprocal Conrraction ot thole
Muscular Fibres oF the GuS, and Apposition ot
cheir Connivent Valves, che Mouhs ol chel acteal:
arc disposed eo receire what is sirced for chem
hence ie is we ean by no means make any siluie
Wharerer pals From ehe Cavity OF che GuIS, ino
chiose Lacteal Vestels in a dead Animal.
A Curther ule ot chis Concraction oF ctie Museu
lar Fibres ot che Incectines, is co accelerare che
Chyle in its proerets in the Lacceals, rill che Lm-
pha derived troci che Fixcremicies oF che Arreries
ot che crues joyns wich ic; Which Conjunction is
made in the Lacteals betore they leave che Lxrer-
nal Surtace oF the Incectines. By this means the
Procression of rhe Chrle is made covards che MC.
senterick Glands, into Whole Cells ic is receired
vohere ic 2gain mixes wicti a fuice broughic in b
etie Arceries of cach Cland; Wvhich fuice or Lyin
pharick Liguor, noc onty Farcher ditures chie Chyle
likce char Prom che Arreries o5 che Incectines, Du
adds a Frem Impetus, by wrtich ies Morion i5 Far.
cher carried on chroush the Vasa Lactea secunas
seneris; Carilins our ot each Melencerick Cland
and dischargins rheir Contents inio ehe Recepta
culum Chyli.) Elere che Chyle meers and jovrs
rich etie Cympha lene chrongh che Lymphariet
Ducts From the Interiour Linibs and neistbourine
Parts, Wvhereby che Chyle is noc only Farther pre
Pared; bue ies Ascention is promored in che LhO
larions (like the Veins of che Pesicles) wich irc
and Vertebrae oFche Baek, cogecher wich the P. yin
pheduets, dischargins cheir Lympha derived Tror
The Lunes and neiehbourins Paris ot che Thora
does demonstrare ehe urmost Arr Rill used in or
der io irs Ascention corvards the lese subclarian
ein; Where meerins with che ReAuent Bood ot
the Superioiie Parrs, passes vich ic chrouxh etie
The LLIGHE Auricle oF theFlearE; Whence itS ex
Pelled by ies Conrraction inro the Pighe Ven
ericle, ien ehe Heare is in Diastole; Vor
Sromach, aster harins joined wict the saliva and
Alimene, Mouid be Ailt (o plentitully excrerec
om che Clands oF chal FaHL, 25 l0 HIICAIC II
l concract, since the Muscles et ene ouomen
Nor can we conceire ho che Liguor OE che
Incernal Memorane, and exeice ies Muscular Fibre.
vould, like a5 in Vomitrins, be draon into:
consent oF Co operarins, and the Alimene woule
be forcibly rejected by che Mouth: Belides, Moula
Scomach undersoes in Hunger, e are trmls
aluration ot che Satda t ette susaet in conjuncti
atence it is ve rachor Mlcharge che Spiicle ac
Mal rime by che Mou, Man le luster any more
Ot Ib le descend mo ene entricle: Hlence pro
cite is depraved.
The Scomach, by means oF ies Muscular Fibres
conrractins ic selt, does sradually discharge ils
Concenes by the Pylorus into the Duodenum, in tacick Ducts, erhole Sereral Dirisions and Lnoleu
ewtich Guc, afrer a Emall Semicircular Delcene, ii
meers vich che Pancreacick fuice and Bile; Boch many v’alres lookins trom belon upvards; 27c
Which Pornine wich ic, renders lome parr os che adrantaseous licuarion berireen the grear Arcer
Alimene more Auid, by Rill dilunicing che grosser
Ldes from che more pure; and hiere Chylifieation
15 made pertect.
The Bile which abourids wwich Lixivial Salte
and apt ro incangle wich the srosser Parrs ot etie
Concosted Alimene, Rimulares che Gjs, and de
terges or cleanses their Caviries oF the MucouS
Matrer, Ceparared trom ehie Bl00d by che Clands descending Trunk of che Vena Cava, and joyti
oE, the Gurs, and lodged in their Caviries; Which wich che Resvent B100d of che Inseriour Parrs in
nor orly moistens che insides oF che Gurs, buc de
Eends the Mouchs oF rhe Lacteal Vesels trom Deins
injured by Alien Bodies wrtich otren pa(s rhac Way.
The Contents oF che Inrestines, movins still on the systole or Concraction oF, the lleare; ii
By means ot che Peristatrick or Wormlike Mocis, aga en out chence inco ee arteria Pulmo
ehie Liquor oE che Scomach be (0 disturbed in Chy.
lification, wrhar vould it be (0 soon a5 all its
Conrenes evere discharged. The Trricarion che
perliraded does noc arise buc chroush an Aecu
on wich the Liquor ot che Clands oF chac part:
ceeds whac we caIl the materins of the Mouth:
hence al(o, when che saliva is viciared, the APDe
on ot che Burs, vohiitA itiose Elinnot Lalo  naris, B WhBLE LXxetIEIeS; in copjuncti