A Collection of Chirurgical TractsBeckett, William
Science
A Collection of Chirurgical Tracts
Beckett, William
Surgery
After the purer part of the Chyle hath been thus strained thro’ the
narrow and oblique Pores of the milky Veins, by the continual and
peristaltic Motion of the Intestines, it is yet farther attenuated
and diluted with a very thin and clear _Lympha_ from the Glands of the
Mesentery to expedite its passage thro’ those numerous Meanders into
the common Receptacle, from whence by the constant Supply of such like
_Lympha_ from the small Glands of the _Thorax_, it is safely conveyed
thro’ the _Ductus Chyliferus Thoracius_, subclavian Vein, and the _Vena
Cava_ into the Heart.
The Chyle now mingled with the Blood, passeth with it thro’ the
Arteries of the whole Body, and returns again with the Blood by the
Veins to the Heart, undergoing many Circulations before it can be
assimilated to the Blood; for every time the new infused Chyle passeth
thro’ the Heart with the Blood, the Particles of the one are more
intimately mixed with those of the other, in it’s Ventricles, and
the Vital Spirit, and other active Principles of the Blood work upon
the Chyle, which being full of Salt, Sulphur and Spirit, as soon as
it’s _Compages_ is loosned by it’s Fermentation with the Blood, the
Principles having obtained the Liberty of Motion, do readily associate
themselves, and are assimilated with such parts of the Blood as are of
a like and suitable Nature.
After the Chyle hath been thus elaborated, it becomes fit as well
to recruit the Mass of Blood, as to nourish the whole Body, seeing
it consists of divers Principles and Parts of a different Nature;
therefore, according to the various Use and Necessity of every part,
and also that it may conform and fashion it self to the different
Pores and Passages, it is severally appropriated; the most volatile
and subtil part is separated in the Brain, and adapted to refresh the
Animal Spirits, the glutinous to nourish the Body, and the sulphureous
to revive the native Heat: And in it’s Passage with the Blood thro’
all the parts of the Body, all the Mass of Chyle that is capable of
being turned into Blood is sanguified; the serous and saline part
precipitated by the Kidneys, and evacuated by Sweats or insensible
Transpirations, the bilious is deposited in the Liver, and the rest of
its Excrements retire to the several Emunctories of the Body.
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