Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 1660

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1the Muſcles of the Cheſt be on both
ſides diſſected, upon the Ingreſs of the
Air, the whole Lungs, though untouch'd,
will remain moveleſs, at leaſt, as to any ex­
panſion or contraction of their ſubſtance.
To which we may adde the Obſervati­
on of the diligent Bartholinus, who af­
firms the like of the Diaphragme al­
ſo, namely, That it being wounded, the
Lungs will fall together, and the Reſpi­
ration ceaſe, which my Experiments op­
poſe not, provided the Wound be any
thing great.
And indeed the Diaphragme
ſeems the principal Inſtrument of ordina­
ry and gentle Reſpiration, although to
reſtrain'd Reſpiration (if I may ſo call
it) the intercoſtal Muſcles, and perhaps
ſome others may be allowed eminently to
concur.
But the chief of the Contro­
verſies formerly pointed at, is not yet de­
cided, namely, what it is that conveys the
Air into the Lungs.
For when, to coun­
terballance all that has been alledg'd, thoſe
that plead for the Lungs, demand what it
is that ſhould bring the Air into the
Lungs, if themſelves do not attract it,
their Antagoniſts diſagree about the Re­
ply.
For when to this queſtion ſome of
the beſt Modern Philoſophers anſwer,

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