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answer_n be_v then_o 1._o vieuss_n p._n 54._o par_fw-fr 1._o that_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o part_v with_o it_o beforehand_o see_v we_o find_v that_o liquor_n only_o separate_v by_o the_o lymphduct_n of_o the_o brain_n afterward_o see_v therefore_o there_o be_v such_o a_o affinity_n as_o before_o mention_v between_o the_o rete_fw-la mirabile_n and_o glandula_n pituitaria_fw-la and_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o the_o office_n of_o the_o glandula_n pituitaria_fw-la be_v not_o what_o it_o have_v general_o hitherto_o be_v believe_v to_o the_o end_n we_o may_v attain_v a_o more_o exact_a knowledge_n of_o what_o it_o real_o be_v it_o seem_v not_o altogether_o immethodical_a to_o take_v that_o part_n into_o consideration_n in_o the_o next_o place_n together_o with_o the_o infundibulum_fw-la which_o last_o have_v not_o only_o as_o near_o a_o relation_n to_o the_o gland_n as_o the_o gland_n
have_v to_o the_o rete_fw-la but_o such_o a_o close_a communication_n with_o it_o that_o it_o seem_v in_o a_o manner_n almost_o impossible_a to_o treat_v of_o one_o independent_o on_o the_o other_o chap._n ix_o of_o the_o glandula_n pituitaria_fw-la and_o infundibulum_fw-la this_o gland_n be_v seat_v in_o and_o fill_v up_o in_o a_o manner_n all_o that_o space_n contain_v within_o the_o sella_n turcica_n vessel_n only_o except_v it_o be_v cover_v on_o all_o side_n with_o the_o pia_n and_o dura_n mater_n except_v that_o part_n on_o its_o upper_a superficies_n in_o which_o there_o be_v a_o little_a round_a hole_n by_o which_o the_o infundibulum_fw-la descend_v slope_o into_o it_o be_v at_o its_o entrance_n environ_v with_o a_o production_n of_o the_o pia_fw-la mater_fw-la for_o its_o more_o firm_a connexion_n with_o that_o part_n as_o be_v before_o note_v but_o as_o to_o the_o dura_n mater_n it_o encompass_n it_o after_o a_o far_o different_a manner_n than_o what_o vieussenius_fw-la 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anatomist_n malpighius_n 2._o malp._n de_fw-fr cereb_n p._n 6._o par_fw-fr 2._o de_fw-fr cort._n cereb_n p_o 81_o par_fw-fr 2._o in_o his_o letter_n to_o fracassatus_n say_v they_o bear_v a_o three_o proportion_n to_o those_o of_o the_o whole_a body_n and_o for_o what_o reason_n see_v see_v the_o part_n itself_o bear_v not_o the_o same_o proportion_n to_o the_o whole_a it_o be_v so_o it_o will_v be_v worth_a our_o while_n to_o inquire_v hereafter_o these_o be_v either_o artery_n or_o vein_n the_o former_a go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o carotid_n and_o vertebral_n the_o first_o of_o which_o after_o a_o curve_v passage_n which_o be_v very_o well_o express_v in_o a_o fig._n 1._o willis_n p._n 29._o fig._n 1._o of_o dr._n willis_n from_o the_o place_n where_o it_o begin_v to_o enter_v the_o basis_n of_o the_o cranium_fw-la which_o be_v from_o the_o styliform_a process_n of_o the_o os_fw-la petrosum_fw-la to_o the_o place_n where_o on_o the_o inside_n they_o pass_v through_o the_o dura_n 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5._o at_o the_o end_n of_o spigelius_n insomuch_o that_o molinetti_n with_o who_o also_o agree_v marchetti_n look_v upon_o it_o as_o only_o a_o production_n of_o those_o numerous_a vessel_n whereas_o all_o those_o little_a ramification_n both_o of_o the_o carotid_n and_o vertebral_n artery_n viz._n those_o from_o the_o carotid_v artery_n which_o as_o soon_o as_o it_o get_v through_o the_o dura_n mater_n and_o part_n with_o its_o borrow_a coat_n be_v send_v to_o the_o 6._o the_o vieussen_n p._n 35._o par_fw-fr 1._o p_o 34._o par_fw-fr 6._o infundibulum_fw-la c._n infundibulum_fw-la tab._n 17._o c_o c._n olfactory_a and_o g._n and_o ib._n g_o g._n optic_a nerve_n together_o with_o those_o other_o of_o the_o vertebral_n artery_n which_o accompany_v pany_v the_o 1._o the_o vicussen_n p._n 35._o par_fw-fr 1._o three_o ibid._n three_o ibid._n four_o 1._o four_o tab._n 17._o p_o p._n 35._o par_fw-fr 1._o five_o 4._o five_o tab._n 17._o tt_z tab._n 4._o six_o 1._o six_o h._n p._n 35._o par_fw-fr 1._o seven_o h._n seven_o tab._n 17._o fig._n 2._o tab._n 4._o h_o h._n eight_o 2._o eight_o ib._n fig._n 2._o nine_o and_o h._n and_o tab._n 4._o h_o h._n ten_o pair_n of_o nerve_n inasmuch_o as_o they_o enter_v not_o the_o brain_n itself_o be_v altogether_o exempt_a from_o that_o membrane_n any_o of_o which_o now-mentioned_a blood-vessel_n you_o either_o find_v delineate_v in_o vieussenius_n 17_o table_n or_o mention_v in_o some_o other_o place_n of_o his_o book_n by_o those_o direction_n here_o place_v in_o the_o margin_n all_o which_o though_o existent_n in_o nature_n be_v nevertheless_o there_o paint_v too_o stiff_a and_o formal_a i_o be_o afraid_a by_o guess_n inasmuch_o as_o that_o without_o a_o injection_n of_o mercury_n except_o those_o two_o which_o belong_v to_o the_o olfactory_a and_o optic_a nerve_n they_o do_v rare_o come_v to_o sight_n in_o any_o form_n at_o all_o wax_v be_v over_o gross_a a_o body_n to_o enter_v such_o minute_n vessel_n as_o those_o be_v whereas_o by_o a_o injection_n with_o mercury_n i_o find_v scarce_o any_o nerve_n but_o what_o have_v some_o such_o small_a ramification_n of_o blood-vessel_n in_o they_o to_o go_v about_o to_o describe_v distinct_o the_o whole_a ramification_n of_o artery_n through_o this_o part_n which_o as_o be_v before_o note_v be_v here_o more_o remarkable_a for_o number_n and_o size_n than_o in_o any_o other_o part_n of_o the_o body_n will_v not_o only_o be_v to_o do_v what_o in_o a_o great_a measure_n have_v be_v already_o do_v by_o vieussenius_fw-la in_o his_o six_o chapter_n but_o seem_v to_o have_v also_o in_o it_o much_o more_o of_o ostentation_n than_o use_n i_o shall_v therefore_o only_o take_v notice_n of_o such_o propagation_n of_o they_o as_o be_v either_o remarkable_a for_o magnitude_n some_o curiosity_n of_o structure_n or_o useful_a design_n of_o nature_n and_o of_o this_o sort_n may_v well_o be_v esteem_v the_o vertebral_n artery_n next_o after_o the_o carotid_v which_o have_v already_o be_v describe_v as_o enter_v the_o brain_n at_o the_o last_o and_o large_a foramen_fw-la of_o the_o skull_n contrary_a to_o what_o dr._n willis_n 2._o willis_n p._n 29._o col_fw-fr 1._o par_fw-fr 2._o and_o before_o he_o wepfer_n affirm_v come_v thither_o on_o each_o side_n out_o of_o the_o hole_n in_o the_o transverse_a process_n of_o the_o first_o vertebra_n of_o the_o neck_n after_o a_o very_a remarkable_a curve_v manner_n as_o you_o see_v in_o the_o figure_n eâ—_n fio._n 1._o eâ—_n and_o by_o no_o mean_n like_v to_o the_o delineation_n and_o description_n give_v by_o dr._n lower_n and_o dr._n willis_n ascend_v lateral_o upon_o the_o medulla_n oblongata_fw-la as_o far_a as_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o processus_n annularis_fw-la where_o they_o meet_v together_o in_o one_o single_a trunk_n continue_v so_o the_o length_n thereof_o bb_n vieussen_n tab._n 4._o bb_n by_o vieussenius_fw-la call_v arteria_fw-la cervicalis_fw-la after_o which_o they_o either_o send_v forth_o two_o branch_n or_o receive_v two_o from_o the_o carotid_v artery_n by_o mean_n whereof_o there_o be_v a_o communication_n betwixt_o these_o two_o large_a blood-vessel_n and_o that_o of_o great_a use_n and_o benefit_n to_o the_o brain_n for_o by_o this_o mean_v it_o happen_v that_o if_o even_o three_o of_o the_o four_o great_a artery_n which_o furnish_v this_o part_n with_o blood_n be_v total_o obstruct_v there_o will_v yet_o be_v a_o way_n leave_v for_o a_o competent_a supply_n from_o the_o other_o unobstruct_v four_o these_o i_o call_v the_o communicant_a branch_n very_o ill_o point_v in_o bidloo_n nine_o table_n but_o very_o well_o in_o vieussenius_n four_o as_o may_v plain_o appear_v here_o in_o the_o figure_n take_v exact_o from_o nature_n itself_o dd_n fig_n i._o dd_n the_o structure_n and_o sinallness_n of_o these_o artery_n seem_v to_o suggest_v two_o yet_o further_o provident_a intention_n of_o nature_n the_o first_o be_v the_o same_o it_o have_v express_v in_o several_a other_o place_n as_o in_o the_o ascent_n of_o the_o blood_n by_o the_o carotid_v artery_n both_o which_o enter_v the_o brain_n in_o a_o crooked_a line_n the_o first_o at_o the_o four_o hole_n of_o the_o basis_n of_o the_o skull_n the_o second_o from_o the_o hole_n in_o the_o transverse_a process_n of_o the_o first_o vertebra_n of_o the_o neck_n after_o the_o manner_n already_o in_o both_o place_n describe_v so_o in_o the_o like_a manner_n here_o by_o the_o narrowness_n of_o these_o branch_n the_o blood_n be_v in_o a_o great_a measure_n retard_v in_o its_o motion_n to_o the_o carotid_v artery_n and_o by_o consequence_n to_o the_o brain_n itself_o which_o for_o reason_n hereafter_o to_o be_v give_v in_o describe_v the_o sinus_n will_v otherwise_o be_v in_o great_a danger_n of_o be_v overflow_v with_o extravasated_a and_o restagnant_fw-la blood_n the_o second_o be_v a_o force_v the_o blood_n more_o plentiful_o into_o the_o spinal_a artery_n with_o which_o though_o through_o the_o conical_a structure_n of_o the_o artery_n in_o common_a it_o can_v be_v altogether_o unfurnish_a yet_o by_o its_o perfectly-reflexed_n position_n will_v have_v it_o very_o scanty_o be_v it_o not_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o narrowness_n of_o the_o aforesaid_a communicant-branche_n betwixt_o the_o two_o great_a artery_n the_o blood_n be_v drive_v back_o in_o a_o sort_n of_o a_o retrograde_a motion_n it_o be_v true_a there_o be_v a_o conformation_n of_o artery_n something_o like_o this_o though_o not_o altogether_o in_o the_o mammary_n and_o epigastrick_a branch_n but_o it_o be_v worth_a note_v that_o in_o both_o these_o place_n the_o main_a artery_n from_o which_o these_o branch_n spring_n be_v much_o more_o taper_n or_o conical_a c_o ibid._n p._n c_o c_o and_o the_o succeed_a export_v vessel_n far_o less_o both_a in_o number_n and_o size_n than_o those_o of_o the_o carotid_v artery_n here_o who_o foremost_a and_o hinder_v lateral_a ramification_n between_o the_o lobe_n of_o the_o
be_v that_o of_o instinct_n relate_v to_o the_o sensative_a soul_n or_o a_o aptitude_n of_o the_o nervous_a structure_n to_o act_v according_a to_o the_o impression_n make_v upon_o the_o nerve_n either_o from_o within_o or_o from_o without_o and_o so_o may_v be_v say_v to_o depend_v on_o the_o presence_n of_o such_o cause_n as_o be_v supervenient_a and_o extraneous_a to_o nature_n suitable_a to_o the_o impression_n whereof_o the_o animal_n either_o pursue_v or_o avoid_v the_o object_n obey_v or_o resist_v the_o impulse_n now_o i_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o no_o body_n will_v deny_v but_o that_o the_o nerve_n by_o virtue_n whereof_o these_o last_o action_n of_o instinct_n be_v perform_v whether_o thâ—y_v â—râ—se_v from_o the_o cerebrum_fw-la of_o cerebellum_fw-la be_v equal_o under_o the_o command_n of_o the_o soul_n or_o else_o as_o i_o say_v before_o the_o brain_n in_o those_o creature_n be_v to_o no_o purpose_n and_o of_o this_o sort_n i_o reckon_v all_o those_o action_n in_o rational_a creature_n of_o instinct_n before_o they_o have_v attain_v to_o the_o use_n of_o their_o understanding_n from_o any_o sort_n of_o impression_n or_o inadvertent_n and_o inconsult_v when_o he_o have_v the_o control_a power_n of_o reason_n allow_v he_o and_o make_v no_o use_n of_o it_o such_o as_o be_v call_v habitual_a which_o at_o first_o be_v produce_v by_o command_n of_o the_o rational_a part_n only_o but_o through_o frequent_a repetition_n at_o last_o without_o any_o command_n from_o that_o out_o of_o a_o blind_a obedience_n to_o a_o bare_a impulse_n from_o the_o object_n or_o last_o such_o as_o happen_v when_o he_o have_v altogether_o lose_v the_o use_n of_o it_o as_o in_o sleep_n or_o distraction_n in_o which_o last_o case_n it_o will_v be_v very_o difficult_a to_o distinguish_v he_o from_o a_o mere_a machine_n or_o automaton_n now_o from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v i_o can_v but_o think_v it_o plain_a that_o many_o of_o the_o action_n before_o speak_v of_o in_o dr._n willis_n sense_n by_o he_o call_v involuntary_a as_o proceed_v from_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o cerebellum_fw-la only_o such_o as_o he_o call_v the_o various_a configuration_n of_o the_o face_n from_o some_o impulse_n or_o provocation_n in_o the_o viscera_n or_o elsewhere_o erect_v the_o ear_n turn_v the_o neck_n and_o eye_n about_o sudden_a shriek_n and_o outcry_n upon_o some_o extraordinary_a frightful_a object_n surprise_o affect_v one_o sense_n or_o another_o furnish_v with_o either_o such_o nerve_n as_o he_o suppose_v to_o be_v altogether_o under_o the_o command_n of_o the_o cerebellum_fw-la as_o the_o five_o and_o seven_o or_o else_o to_o have_v a_o very_a near_o correspondence_n with_o that_o part_n by_o virtue_n of_o vicinity_n as_o the_o nine_o do_v more_o true_o proceed_v from_o that_o perceptive_a faculty_n or_o to_o use_v his_o own_o word_n that_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n he_o have_v confine_v to_o that_o part_n of_o the_o medullary_n system_n call_v the_o cerebrum_fw-la inasmuch_o as_o in_o reasonable_a creature_n they_o may_v and_o common_o be_v suspend_v as_o well_o as_o the_o nerve_n they_o slow_a from_o sometime_o make_v use_n of_o as_o instrument_n of_o voluntary_a motion_n by_o it_o also_o and_o to_o think_v the_o contrary_a be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v that_o when_o any_o body_n happen_v to_o express_v any_o of_o the_o aforementioned_a involuntary_a act_n or_o but_o hit_v his_o bedfellow_n a_o box_n of_o the_o ear_n whilst_o asleep_o all_o these_o must_v be_v allow_v to_o proceed_v only_o from_o the_o organ_n of_o involuntary_a motion_n call_v the_o cerebellum_fw-la and_o of_o this_o kind_n also_o in_o a_o great_a measure_n i_o reckon_v respiration_n concern_v which_o i_o can_v easy_o be_v bring_v to_o think_v it_o satisfactory_o explain_v by_o dr._n willis_n from_o the_o energy_n of_o those_o animal_n spirit_n which_o flow_v only_o from_o the_o cerebellum_fw-la in_o the_o par_fw-fr vagum_fw-la after_o the_o same_o manner_n they_o do_v to_o the_o heart_n by_o the_o intercostal_n and_o that_o pair_n for_o its_o pulsation_n and_o as_o only_o under_o the_o command_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o be_v stop_v now_o and_o then_o as_o it_o please_v by_o virtue_n of_o some_o nerve_n communicate_v to_o the_o intercostal_n muscle_n and_o diaphragm_n the_o chief_a instrument_n of_o breathe_v from_o the_o spina_n dorsi_fw-la i_o be_o therefore_o rather_o incline_v to_o think_v this_o motion_n be_v of_o the_o other_o different_a kind_n before_o speak_v of_o under_o the_o title_n of_o instinct_n proceed_v from_o a_o extraneous_a supervenient_a cause_n act_v conformable_o to_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n in_o ooth_a case_n of_o the_o same_o kind_n as_o in_o hunger_n and_o thirst_n and_o the_o like_a where_o the_o obtain_v the_o design_a end_n or_o effect_n render_v the_o part_n from_o whence_o come_v the_o motion_n for_o some_o time_n insensible_a of_o the_o impression_n and_o where_o after_o the_o cease_v of_o the_o effect_n or_o motion_n the_o sense_n of_o the_o impression_n revive_v again_o whence_o there_o happen_v a_o equal_a reciprocation_n between_o the_o sense_n and_o fruition_n or_o sense_n and_o motion_n to_o apply_v this_o account_n of_o the_o manner_n and_o reason_n of_o the_o spirit_n act_v upon_o the_o stomach_n and_o parâ—â—te_n in_o relation_n to_o hunger_n and_o thirst_n to_o that_o of_o the_o systole_n and_o diastole_n of_o the_o lung_n or_o respiration_n it_o will_v be_v needful_a to_o take_v notice_n that_o in_o a_o infant_n unborn_a there_o be_v no_o respiration_n but_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o cerebellum_fw-la and_o that_o if_o this_o sort_n of_o motion_n call_v instinct_n which_o i_o make_v to_o differ_v from_o pure_o natural_a motion_n such_o as_o be_v contemporary_a with_o even_o the_o first_o live_v rudiment_n of_o the_o individual_a be_v altogether_o and_o sole_o owe_v to_o the_o cerebellum_fw-la after_o the_o manner_n of_o that_o of_o the_o heart_n then_o of_o necessity_n the_o child_n in_o 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