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A69788	The history of Poland. vol. 1 in several letters to persons of quality, giving an account of the antient and present state of that kingdom, historical, geographical, physical, political and ecclesiastical ... : with sculptures, and a new map after the best geographers : with several letters relating to physick / by Bern. Connor ... who, in his travels in that country, collected these memoirs from the best authors and his own observations ; publish'd by the care and assistance of Mr. Savage.	Connor, Bernard, 1666?-1698.; Savage, John, 1673-1747.	1698 (1698)	Wing C5888; ESTC R8630	202,052	410

it a glutinous oily Substance called Seed In short after knowing Man in himself I examine the natural Ways which he uses to propagate his Kind in begetting another by way of Generation Man as I said before is made of two Substances Soul and Body The Soul preserves the Body by Reason and governs it by voluntary Motion The Body furnishes the Soul with Ideas of Corporeal Beings The Life of Man is the Correspondence between Soul and Body but the Life of the Body is the natural Motion of the Blood and Splrits the Cessation of which Motion is Death The solid Parts of the Body have no Motion or Life of their own but such as they borrow from the Blood and Spirits The Blood and Spirits have none neither but such as they are allowed by the general Laws of Nature establish'd by a Supreme Being To maintain this mutual Correspondence and Dependance between Soul and Body all the Organs Springs and Humours of the body must be in their due Disposition for the Death of the Body is properly the loss of this Disposition and not the Separation of the Soul as is commonly believ'd for the Body is dead before the Soul is gone out of it and the going out of the Soul is but the Cessation of its Correspondence with the Body for want of Motion in the latter This Disposition is disordered or ruined by Diseases all which Diseases have their first Seat in the Blood from whence they are communicated to the solid Parts and the solid Parts being affected they reciprocally insect the Blood But tho the Blood was never infected and Man never sick yet he should die of course by the Relaxation and Attrition of his solid Parts from the long and continual Circulation of the humours through them which we call Old Age. As to what relates to the Materia Medica or the Account I have given of the Virtue and due Application of inward Medicines in the Practice of Physick I should likewise give you a Series of the different Subjects I treated of as I have in my Plan of the Animal Oeconomy but finding it too tedious and needless I will only mention in general that all inward Diseases have their first Seat in the Mass of Blood that they are caused by a Ferment or Matter hid in it which deriv'd its Origin from some outward Causes That there are no Specific Medicines for any part of the Body as for the Head Heart Liver Stomach Spleen but that they must all operate upon the whole Mass of Blood that consequently outward Applications cannot avail much for inward Distempers that the Medicines must be carried in a convenient Vehicle through the Blood to the place where the Distemper lies and that then they either carry its Cause out of the Body by Evacuation or change the Nature of it within by altering the Mass of Blood I may therefore reasonably divide all the Materia Medica described by so many voluminous Authors only into two Classes of Medicines Evacuating and Alterating I did not so much talk of those Remedies that evacuate only from some parts of the Body as Bleeding Clysters Leeches Issues Blisters Setons Gargles Snush and the like for they can hardly ever cure any inward Disease but of such as evacuate the Morbific Matter from the whole Mass of Blood by the five general ways Stool Vomit Vrine Sweat and Salivation where without recurring to occult or precarious Qualities I reduced to the Principles of Chymistry and Reason the Nature and Operations of Purgatives Emetics Diuretics Diaphoretics of Antimony and Mercury of Venereal and other Diseases as likewise the Nature and Usefulness of Baths and other Mineral Waters I have likewise examin'd and endeavour'd to explain the Nature and different Effects of Alterating Medicaments which operate in the Mass of Blood without any Evacuation such as sweeten the Blood when sowr that thin it when gross and thick that hasten it s too slow Circulation that stop it s too rapid Motion as in Fevers that cool the Blood that heat it and raise the Spirits as Cordials that calm the Spirits as Narcotics that strengthen the Tone of the Parts as Styptics and Astringents that open Obstructions as Aperitives Here therefore I had occasion to consider the Vertues and Operations of Steel Opium Jesuits Powder of Alcalious and Acid Medicines and of the whole Tribe of other alterating Remedies It would Sir be too prolix and needless to mention to you all that can be said in this nice and weighty Subject which includes in a manner the whole Machine of the Universe which requires several Years fervent Application for any one to attain a tolerable Knowledge of and which cost me some Months Labour to demonstrate at Oxford what small Insight I was thought to have in it Yet still I am not unwilling to comply with your Desires and to spare some time from my other Business here to communicate what I know of these Matters to any Persons of both Universities or to such other ingenious Gentlemen as have a Curiosity for things of this Nature And I shall take care that all be perform'd in such a decent and creditable manner as may be for the Benefit and Satisfaction of others as well as my own particular Reputation For not only my Duty but likewise the Usefulness and Agreeableness of my Profession tho in it self very abstruse and difficult inclines me naturally to improve it as much as I can and I hope I shall be able in few Years to publish a Latin Treatise of the Principles of Physick and of the Oeconomia Animals which perhaps then will give You and the Publick more Satisfaction than they or your self can at present expect from From Bow-street in Covent-Garden London Nov. 2. 1695. SIR Your very Obedient Servant B. Connor A LETTER to James Tyrrel Esq from Dr. Connor Fellow of the Royal Society Containing a further Explanation and Vindication of the Plan of the Animal Oeconomy or of the Chymical and Anatomical Method for understanding the Fabrick Springs Tempers and Diseases of the Human Body SIR IT is upon all hands acknowledg'd that the Acquaintance of Men of Learning and Worth is of great benefit towards acquiring not only the Knowledg of Men and Manners but of Nature too But of all the Advantages to be reap'd from their Conversation that of correcting our Prejudices or Mistakes and of setting us in the right way is the most valuable I should be too disingenuous Sir if I should not concur with the Publick in justly allowing you to be as discerning a Judg as you are a true Friend The World is convinc'd of the first by your shewing your self so great a Master as well of the Laws of Nature and Nations as of those of your own Country and none that have the Honour to know you can be ignorant of your Sincerity a●●d Zeal in correcting the Errors and Oversights of your Friends To whom then should I more allowably communicate

Fabrick and System of the World with the mutual Cohesion Influence and Dependance of its Parts 2. Of the Elements of Terrestrial Bodies where after various Chymical Experiments are consider'd the Nature Properties Figures and Effects of the four Chymical Principles Earth Water Salt and Sulphur and their main mutual Action Fermentation as also the Productions of Animals Vegetables and Minerals 3. Of the Structure of the Human Body and its division into fluid and solid Parts where a particular and new Account is given of the Nature and Contexture of the solid Parts being all made of Vascular Fibres and demonstrated to the Eye by Dissection 4. Of the fluid Parts of the Human Body of the Nature Principles Fermentation and Circulation of the Blood of Nutrition of the Temperaments of the Humours contain'd in the Blood of the seat and nature of Fevers where likewise of Youth old Age and Death 5. Of the Reparation of the Blood of the Chyle Lacteous Vessels Chyliferous Duct of Appetite Mastication Digestion and the Ferment of the Stomach of the Precipitation or Separation of the Excrements from the Chyle where of the Structure of the Oesophagu Or Gullet of that of the Stomach and all the Intestines of the Peristaltic and Antiperistaltic Motions of the Guts of the Glands of the Mesentery of the Lympha and the Lymphatic Vessels 6. Of the Structure Motion and Vse of the Heart where of the various kinds of Pulses of the Polypus in the Heart Palpitation and Swooning likewise a new Hypothesis of the Motion of the Heart and of Sanguification 7. Of the Contexture of the Windpipe or Trachea Arteria and the Lungs where of the Cause and Vse of Respiration a new Account of the Nature of the Air Nitre and of the Vnvoluntariness of Respiration of the Hiccock 8. Of the Praecordi Or sanguiferous Vessels appended to the Heart where the Structure Motion and Difference of the Veins and Arterics are demonstrated 9. Of the numerous Ramifications of the Vena Porta and both the Vena Cava 's of Varix 's Hemorrhoides Bleeding c. 10. Of the Ramifications of both the Aorta 's throughout the whole Body of an Anevrism 11. Of the Brain and Cerebellum a new Account of the Animal Spirits their Generation Motion and Vse of Perception Sleeping Waking and the Influence of the Soul upon the Body where of Sensation and the five Senses 12. Of the Eye Tears Nasal and Aqueous Ducts Of Sight Blindness Light Colours and the sharp Sight of some Animals 13. Of the Fabrick of the Nose the Membrana Pituitaria Snot Smelling and Sneezing Of the mutual Influence of the Nose and Tongue 14. Of the Tongue Palat and Gums of the Muscles and Motions of the Tongue of Taste Voice Stuttering and Dumbness 15. Of the Larynx Pharynx the Os Hyoides Of the Glands Salivation and Spittle of the Almonds and Uvula c. 16. Of Feeling the Cuticula Skin Hairs milliary Glands the mucous and reticular Bodies of Fat Transpiration Sweat the Itch cutaneous Diseases Palsy and Plica Polonica 17. Of the Ear Aquaeduct Hearing Deafness Tinnitus c. 18. Of the Structure Vse and Number of the Nerves of Motion and Sense of the Par vagum and the Intercostal Nerves spread over all the Viscer Of the Breast and Abdomen 19. Of the Structure and various Figures of the Muscles the vascular Fibres where Muscular Natural and free Motion are explain'd as likewise stretching and gaping leaping swimming and flying with Convulsive Tonic Systaltic Epilectic and Hysteric Motions of Vapours and Rheumatisin 20. Of the Liver Gall and Pancreas where the Secretion Motion and Mixture of the Bile and Pancreatic Juice with the Chyle are shewn of the Green Sickness Yellow Jau idice and Pica 21. Of the Nature and Differences of all the Glands or Strainers of the Body a new account of the various Filtrations of the excrementitious and recrementitious Humours as Lympha Spittle Gall Vrine Seed c. Of Obstructions and Dropsies 22. Of the Structure and Vse of the Spleen and what Melancholy is what Symptoms happen when the Spleen is taken out of the Body 23. Of the Reins or Kidneys the Atrabilary Glands the Vreters and Bladder where of the Scrum of the Blood Vrine and what is contained therein of the Stone and Gravel 24. Of the Structure and Vse of the Bones Marrow Ligaments Periosteum and Apophyses of the different Articulations or Joints of the Nature and Seat of the Gout Spina Ventosa Caries Exfoliation and Rachitis 25. Of the Parts of Generation in Man of the Nature and Formation of the Seed with its Effects in the Body of the Woman the Cause and Seat of Venereal Diseases 26. Of the Parts of Generation in the Woman of the Eggs and Ovarium of Generation Conception going with Child Flowers Birth Monsters Floodings false Conceptions Whites c. 27. Of the Posture and Nourishment of the Embryo in the Womb of the Vmbilical Vessels the After-birth the Force of the Mother's Imagination and the peculiar way of the Circulation of the Blood in the Foetus of Longings 28. S ome Considerations of the Vnion of the Soul and Body where the Laws and Effects of that Vnion are inquired into You see Sir that after having examin'd the different Parts of the World and the Elements of Bodies by Chymistry I have divided the Human Body into solid and fluid Parts Before I consider'd the solid Parts in particular I thought it necessary by way of Chymistry to be acquainted with all the Humours and specially with the Principles and Motions of the Blood which is the Primum Mobile of the whole Machine for which purpose it is fit to know how by Digestion the Meat becomes Chyle the Chyle becomes Blood how the Blood becomes Flesh and Bone and consequently how it must be continually repaired by Aliment how the Heart is put in motion to communicate the same to the Blood how the Blood expelled by the Heart after having been rarefied by the Air in the Lungs is convey'd by Arterial Tubes to all the Parts of the Body and from these Parts is brought back again by the Veins to the Heart To know why this Blood is carried to all the Parts and what Alteration it receives in them we must by ocular Inspection see the different Structure of all the Parts of the Body and first follow the Blood to the Brain to generate Animal Spirits which Spirits furnish the Soul with Ideas in the Brain and convey'd through the Nerves to all the Parts of the Body they are the Causes of Motion in the Muscles and of Sense in the five Organs which convey the Impression of exteriour Bodies to the Soul I follow the same Blood into the Liver where it discharges its Bilious Juice and into all other Glands where it leaves some superfluous Humonr into the Spleen where its Motion is moderated into the Reins where it leaves its serous Particles into the Testicles where is strained from

my Designs After begging your Pardon therefore for the Ambition of numbring my self with your Friends I must tell you that being desir'd by several and willing my self not to conceal the small Insight I was thought to have in Anatomy Chymistry and the other parts of Physick I thought first convenient to borrow from some Antient or Modern Authors the most easy and compendious Method for the benefit of my Auditors But I was frustrated of my Expectations for after having examined the voluminous Works of most Writers in our Faculty I did not find it altogether fit to follow their Method nor safe to espouse their Opinions But the best course I think is to pick the best out of each especially what relates to Matters of Fact applying their Observations to my own Design and taking Reason and Experience to be my surest Guides But seeing several Persons either out of Malice or Rashness have very industriously misrepresented my Undertaking I shall now give a larger Account of it than formerly as well to satisfy my Friends as for my own Justification My Design therefore Sir is to find a short easy and clear Method to be acquainted with the Fabrick Functions Tempers and Diseases of the Human Body For which purpose I must not only know Man in himself but must also know all Bodies that are about him and concur to his Preservation or Destruction For as I cannot understand all that belong to my Finger without I understand my whole Body which ser●●es to nourish and move it so I cannot understand my Body without I understand the whole Universe And as I cannot reasonably know any one Distemper of my Body without I know the general Sources of all Distempers so I cannot methodically cure any one Distemper without I understand the Rules of curing all Distempers Which shews that Quacks and other ignorant Pretenders may not presume to have methodical Cures for any one Distemper whatsoever Since therefore it is necessary to have a general view of the whole Universe to be competently acquainted with Man the first thing we must examine is Matter which is the general Principle of all Bodies or rather all Bodies are Matter Matter is the only thing in my mind that we have any clear Notion of if we have of any We conceive very well that an Atom has at least six Sides or Surfaces of which one is nearer the East than the West another nearer the South than the North and another nearer the Zenith than the Nadir consequently between all the six Surfaces we conceive a Space or Extension which we call Matter or Body tho never so little and since we consider a real Space between them we can mentally divide it into several lesser Spaces and each lesser Space into as many other lesser ones as we please so that every minute Particle will be infinitely divisible Besides the distance between the six Sides of the Atom is so filled up and occupied by the Atom or its Extension that it is impenetrable by any other Extension whatsoever By an Atom I mean the minutest part in a Body actually divided from others and still divisible in it self Then the Properties of Matter will be Divisibility and Impenetrability There is no essential Difference between one piece of Matter and another since all Matter is extended divisible and impenetrable But since the Machine of the World is form'd of different Bodies and all Bodies form'd of Matter we must derive their difference at least from the Accidents of Matter We find then that one part of Matter cannot be different from another but in Bulk Motion or Figure and according as it differs from others in one or more of these Qualities they will constitute different Bodies By these three Qualities of Matter we can give a general account of the different parts of the World as the Aethereal Fluid and Terrestrial Bodies We may observe that the Stars and Planets the Air the Earth and the Water are made of three different sorts of Matter The Atoms of the first Matter have a lesser Bulk and more Motion than all the rest The Atoms of the second Matter are probably spherical have as little Bulk as the first and less Motion The Atoms of the third Matter are of an irregular Figure but have greater Bulk and have none or a slower Motion than all the rest We may lawfully suppose all the Stars to be made up of the first Matter The Aetherial Fluid or the Heavens of the second and the Planets and Terrestrial Bodies to be made of the third For the Parts of the first being extream subtile and extreamly rapid must be fluid and thin enough to pass through the Pores and Intestices of all other Bodies and leave no Vacuities and influence upon us the same way as the Sun does by keeping the Air in a perpetual Fluidity and by producing Fermentations in the Ground in such solid Bodies as have no invincible Resistance in their Parts The Parts of the second Matter being likewise subtile round and consequently agitated perpetually by the Subtilty and Rapidity of the first Matter which pass through it must form a Fluid and Transparent Extension as the Expansum or the Heavens are The Parts of the third Element being more bulky more irregular and having no Motion or at least an inconsiderable one must form gross irregular solid opaque and sensible Bodies such as we see the Planets and Terrestrial Bodies to be The two first Matters which I made mention of are exterior Agents which Nature or God makes use of rather to influence a Motion into Terrestrial Bodies than to enter into their Composition contrary to Monsier des Cartes So this last Element of the World is that which I am to consider most being the only thing that our Faculty is concern'd in because it constitutes Minerals Vegetables and Animals which are the three Things that I design chiefly to examine because they furnish us with Aliments and Remedies and are the Causes of most Distempers Tho we find an innumerable variety of Terrestrial Bodies and this variety depending upon the difference of their Atoms yet by tracing exactly the particular Effects of these Atoms and by several Experiments of Chymistry I can reduce all parts of Bodies to four only viz. Atoms of Earth Atoms of Water Atoms of Salt and Atoms of Sulphur But when for Example I am to give Rhubarb Jesuits Powder or any other Remedy to a Patient to be sure of its Effects and due Application it is not enough to know that it is made of Earth Water Salt and Sulphur but also I must know what Earth Water Salt and Oil themselves are Besides I am to know their Proportion and which of them predominates in it which Physicians neglecting to discover have left the Practice of Physick very obscure and will ever continue so until they give themselves the trouble to examine with more Exactness and Nicety the Nature I mean the Figure and Effects of