1ings) the Wound (perchance dilated by
thoſe ſtrainings) appear'd ſo great, that
the whole Stomack was found to have got
in by it into the left ſide of the Thorax.
And ſuch alſo was the accident that hap
pen'd to a Noble Man, whom I remem
ber I have ſeen, and who is yet alive, in
whoſe Cheſt there has, for theſe many
years, remain'd a hole ſo great, that the
motion of his Heart may be perceiv'd by
it. Theſe (I ſay) and ſome other Obſer
vations, I ſhall now forbear to inſiſt on,
becauſe I hold it not unfit, before we
come to conſider the uſe of Reſpiration,
that we acquaint Your Lordſhip with an
Ingenious Conjecture, that was made at
the cauſe of the haſty death of the Ani
mals our Engine kill'd: namely, That it
was not the want of Air that deſtroy'd
them, but the Preſſure of the innate Air
in the cavity of the Cheſt; as if the
Spring of this Air being no longer coun
terballanc'd by the ambient Air, was there
by become ſo ſtrong, that it kept the
Thorax forcibly diſtended, and hinder'd its
wonted contraction; and ſo compreſſ'd
the Lungs and their Veſſels, as to obſtruct
the Circulation of the Blood. And this
thoſe ſtrainings) appear'd ſo great, that
the whole Stomack was found to have got
in by it into the left ſide of the Thorax.
And ſuch alſo was the accident that hap
pen'd to a Noble Man, whom I remem
ber I have ſeen, and who is yet alive, in
whoſe Cheſt there has, for theſe many
years, remain'd a hole ſo great, that the
motion of his Heart may be perceiv'd by
it. Theſe (I ſay) and ſome other Obſer
vations, I ſhall now forbear to inſiſt on,
becauſe I hold it not unfit, before we
come to conſider the uſe of Reſpiration,
that we acquaint Your Lordſhip with an
Ingenious Conjecture, that was made at
the cauſe of the haſty death of the Ani
mals our Engine kill'd: namely, That it
was not the want of Air that deſtroy'd
them, but the Preſſure of the innate Air
in the cavity of the Cheſt; as if the
Spring of this Air being no longer coun
terballanc'd by the ambient Air, was there
by become ſo ſtrong, that it kept the
Thorax forcibly diſtended, and hinder'd its
wonted contraction; and ſo compreſſ'd
the Lungs and their Veſſels, as to obſtruct
the Circulation of the Blood. And this