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cus Nitririus is DrouBHECO Che Farus Dy che Umbi-
And tiere LMall Franscribe a Marerial Objection;
licat Vein, (Or Veins.) These Veins Dr. Necdham ith the Ansiver to it; out oF Diemerbroect.
calls Omphalo-Mesentericae
In the Funiculus are included al(o tvo Arteries,
erhich are noc borh of chem rogether (o big as the
Vein: They Sprins. Out oF the inner Pliacal Bran-
ches OF the BrCaE ArterY: (VT. Necdham judges
ehem ro be derired immediarelr trom che Extre-
Fom can these Vessels, (Vein and Arteries) iohen
they have eronn from the Belly of the FOruS, to that
lensth as eo reach ehe Membranes, penetrate and pasi
mies oFche Aorta, betore irs Dirition) and paltins chrourh them to the Placenta?
by che Sides oE the Bladder, they rise ux coche
Navel, out ot wtrich cher are conducted eo the
Placenta, in the lame common cover wich che
Nein and Vrachus, with wtich chey are cvined
Ansiver.
This is done in the lame manner as the ROOEE
and wreached nor untikre a Ropc. I Cay, cher are oF HerbS, Strubs and Prees penecrare into che
inserred into che Placenta, and Wwichche Veinmate hard Cround, vea, otcen inco chick Plankes, Walls
a most admirable Neck. litce Pexture. Bur chere and Stones, (Wvtich Water cannOE enter) and rOOE
is one Branch ot each of chem ivhich is manifestly
chemselres Armly in chem. For just (0 che FirH
inserted inco che amnios. Dr. PParvey Cays, The Marp. poinced and most sine ends of che Dmbilicat
Vein is conspicuous a pretry while betore chele
Atteries apPCAF.
Inthe Creacures mentione d in the foregoins Pa-
ragraph, chere are behidesthese Arreries, others an-
sverine to, and accompangins che Veins called,
Omphalo. Mesentericae, abore menrion d.
Vessels, insnuare chemselres by licele and lierle into
the POreS OFthe MembTaneS (FOF HIIC. LIGUTACOO
thole Pores are ficred tor rheir Linerance) and Pals
chrough chem, and vec che Liquors contained in
chese Membranes cannor Row our by rhem: And
Wvtien chole Velsels inhering in che POTES, GEOW
Blood and Vical Spirir are noc carried by chem more our inco lensch, by licile and licele, the laid
trom che Mocher ro che Fatus, 25 mans from CralenPores are more and more widened, (accordins 10
have caushe; bur on che contrarr, Spiriruous che encrease ot che Vessels) and are inseparablr u-
Blood is driven From the Faetus, by che beacins ot
its Hlearr, ro che Placenta and che Membranes FOr
cheir Refection and Nouristumene; trom whictu
Whar Blood remains, circulares back again in the
Ombilical Vein cogecher vich che Succus Nurritius
atrett imbibed by ies Capillaries dispersed in ihe
Placenta. Buc besides Arceriat Blood, there AOS
out ot che PTavel by chem, part ot che Succus Nu-
cricius, that as imporred by che Ombilical Vein;
namely, Thar oF ic Which is more crals and ter-
rene, irhich by one Circularion chrough cheFleare
Cor ic may bc many) could nor be chansed into
Blood: Lhis Parr, LCay, Aos our by chese Arre-
ries, Wrhich by cheir Branches char are dispersed
through che amnios, disimbosue it by cheir licele
Moucts into ic: For whac Vsc, Mall be declared
PECLnEI).
Bur besides these Dses which are commont
ascribed rothese Ombilical Veins and Arteries b3
AnaromiIS, Verhesen (nich some probabilier) al
siens anocher.
Pole che Bl00d ot the Laerus is lene in luch greau
quantier ouc of ies Body inco the Placenta: Sec-
ins, Wichour doubr, a tar less quantiry oF Bl00d
vould CuffiCe FOF IES NOuTiMmeHE: POF nO PaTE
in the wrhole Body, il rou excepe the L unes and
Liver, has such abundance of BIood-V eNelS 25
the Placenta. This mast Hlecds De for a cerrain
common Vle, Wrtuch e judge co be a Kin 1O
the se OF rhe LunES, II Cbse Wvho beins BOrn,
enjor a treer Air: Namely, Thac a5. these do
by chehelp ot the Lungs pentitulls deau in From
the AIE Q CeTTAIn MaETEL IHDhIY neceNaEY FOT tC
tecding the Vical Flame; Co in the Faerus, Wrhere
he Lunos lie idle, CucH HInC Matrer beins recei-
niced unto, and ero in chem.
The tourch mbilicat Vessel, is the Vrachus, Or
Vrinary Vessel. This is a lmall, membranous, round
Pipe, endored ich a very Areighe Carier, arisins
Erom the borrom oF che Bladder up to che Navel.
out ot which ic passes alons ichin ihe common co-
ver, and opens into che Allantoides.
Ic is more apparenely perrious in many of che
larger Brures, Than ic is in Man; in ertiom some
hare denied ic any Cariey; buc chac ic is hollon
in him, is contirmed by many Ilictories of Persons
adule, irho havins che ordinarr Vrinary PaNase
alons che Penis AopE, che Pallase in chis Vesselhas
Been unlocked, and cher have made WVacer by che
Narel, ertrich could norhare been imagin d ro have
happend, if ic had been originally a Lisamene wich.
Out any Meatus.
Bartholin, and octters sare anm d, Thac che
Vrachus in Men reaches no Further chan che Navel:
Flow ihen comes thac Llumour into che allantoides
thac has pertectly che lame Taste ich the Vrine in
chC Bladder. Buc cheu lrroue spcuns tiom lience
Thac cher choughe a Flumane Faetus had no Allan-
toides, and chac Flumour chac is Found in ic, they
chouslie had been contained in che Chorion. Bui
ehis is in ore retured abore, bur more Fully and
accurarelys by Dr. Necdham, Lib. de formato Faetu,
CaP. 3.
AS rOthe PerrionCnesS OF che Drachus, Y Mal
add chis Farcher, Thac in AbortionS oF sve OF SIX
Monchs old, the Bladder oF the Fmbryo i5 always
Full OF Vrine, out oF which, il in che follomine
Monchs ir Mould nor be empried by theDrachus, the
Bladder would Coon burst, secins chere is daily some
Serum separated From che Bl0od in che Kidneys
and sene co che Bladder; and che more the Faetus
encreales, the more must need be separared. Xc2
ved into rhe Mochers Blood by her Respirarion, Dr. Necaham aFirmS, ThaE one may cither prese
is separated theretrom by help of the Placenta, che Liguor containe d in ctie allantoides by theDra-
chus into the Bladder, and with a Pipe blon Winc
out oF che Bladder by che same ay intoche allan-
toides
Objection.
Sayshe, Tris orch Inguirr, Let Wac pur-
and mine wich the Blocu et the Faerus (in che
Umbilical Vein) ana as Mn cne Lugs et Breach
ing Persons, Tome Hccerogenous Mater is
continuallr separared from rle Mebd: 10 in the
Placenta cerrain Recrements OF the NO dre de-
Veins oF rhe Mother-
Irs Dse nas Deen suelens acctatea  ee Pe
cedins Paragraph; as allo abore, when ve deli-
policed our of che mbilical Arceries ino che veced che D(c ot ihe Manroides, wohick We Mal
race retuo
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