substance_n of_o the_o cystis_n or_o of_o its_o neck_n remain_v beyond_o the_o ligature_n but_o that_o only_o the_o common_a ductus_fw-la cholidochus_fw-la and_o the_o bilary_n porus_n may_v run_v direct_o towards_o the_o intestine_n and_o then_o tie_v another_o knot_n near_o the_o jejunum_n a_o remarkable_a quantity_n of_o choler_n will_v be_v collect_v together_o and_o evacuate_v out_o of_o a_o small_a wound_n make_v beyond_o the_o ligature_n in_o the_o mid_a way_n which_o knot_n may_v be_v several_a time_n untie_v that_o the_o porus_n bilarius_fw-la be_v plentiful_o fill_v may_v be_v empty_v again_o xliii_o to_o which_o experiment_n may_v be_v add_v three_o or_o four_o observation_n of_o riolanus_n anthropog_n l._n 2._o c._n 22._o from_o whence_o it_o appear_v as_o plain_a as_o day_n that_o the_o choler_n flow_v from_o the_o gallbladder_n never_o ascend_v through_o the_o bilary_n porus_n to_o the_o liver_n and_o that_o no_o choler_n often_o descend_v from_o the_o bladder_n yet_o 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fallopius_n observe_v in_o obseru._n that_o he_o have_v see_v three_o frequent_o in_o dog_n there_o be_v two_o not_o so_o often_o three_o unequal_a in_o bigness_n out_o of_o each_o of_o which_o there_o be_v a_o vessel_n extend_v to_o the_o splenetic_a branch_n and_o the_o same_o thing_n perhaps_o may_v fall_v out_o in_o other_o creature_n for_o aristotle_n de_fw-mi generate_v animal_n l._n 4._o c._n 4._o write_v that_o some_o brute_n creature_n have_v a_o double_a spleen_n and_o that_o some_o have_v none_o at_o all_o iv._o the_o convex_a part_n of_o it_o be_v knit_v connexion_n to_o the_o diaphragma_n not_o so_o fast_o and_o right_o as_o the_o liver_n but_o superficial_o as_o also_o to_o the_o left_a kidney_n by_o small_a membranous_a fibres_n spring_v from_o the_o peritonaeum_fw-la and_o yet_o in_o novemb_n 1668._o we_o find_v so_o fast_o a_o connexion_n of_o it_o to_o the_o diaphragma_n the_o left_a kidney_n and_o the_o left_a lobe_n of_o the_o liver_n extend_v so_o far_o that_o 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and_o the_o egg_n themselves_o may_v the_o more_o easy_o slip_v into_o they_o be_v receive_v by_o they_o and_o hasten_v forward_o into_o the_o womb._n now_o that_o this_o be_v the_o true_a cause_n of_o this_o relaxation_n no_o man_n will_v wonder_v who_o have_v try_v how_o straight_o the_o genitals_o of_o honest_a woman_n be_v if_o that_o afflux_n do_v not_o happen_v that_o be_v when_o they_o copulate_v without_o any_o lust_n so_o that_o it_o be_v a_o trouble_n to_o they_o to_o receive_v the_o yard_n and_o then_o again_o how_o loose_a they_o be_v and_o with_o what_o pleasure_n they_o copulate_v and_o admit_v the_o yard_n where_o that_o afflux_n plentiful_o happen_v for_o i_o do_v not_o speak_v of_o courtesan_n who_o by_o the_o overmuch_a use_n or_o rather_o abuse_v of_o copulation_n have_v their_o genital_a part_n so_o wear_v and_o loose_a that_o they_o can_v never_o be_v contract_v and_o wrinkle_a again_o he_o also_o that_o shall_v consider_v how_o much_o the_o same_o afflux_n relax_n 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a_o birth_n of_o a_o mucilaginous_a substance_n which_o rude_a mass_n be_v afterward_o so_o dissolve_v by_o the_o air_n that_o there_o be_v no_o footstep_n of_o it_o to_o be_v see_v in_o that_o same_o rude_a foundation_n of_o a_o birth_n i_o can_v not_o perceive_v any_o shape_n of_o human_a body_n and_o therefore_o whether_o that_o foundation_n be_v a_o embryo_n or_o only_o a_o impregnated_a egg_n i_o much_o question_n it_o be_v also_o worthy_a observation_n that_o the_o hollowness_n of_o the_o ovary_n out_o of_o which_o the_o egg_n have_v fall_v be_v not_o only_o of_o a_o deep_a red_a colour_n but_o also_o spongy_a as_o we_o find_v in_o the_o womb_n the_o birth_n be_v new_o deliver_v so_o that_o to_o i_o the_o egg_n seem_v to_o be_v cherish_v in_o the_o ovary_n as_o the_o birth_n in_o the_o womb._n moreover_o i_o can_v but_o wonder_v at_o what_o i_o find_v also_o in_o other_o ingravidated_a body_n why_o both_o the_o spermatic_a vein_n be_v so_o much_o wide_a than_o the_o artery_n 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