1expiration diſcharges the Lungs; and,
which in the other caſes hitherto known,
may be ſuſpected, for want of room, to
ſtifle thoſe Animals that are cloſely pent
up in too narrow Receptacles.
which in the other caſes hitherto known,
may be ſuſpected, for want of room, to
ſtifle thoſe Animals that are cloſely pent
up in too narrow Receptacles.
I forgot to mention, that having cauſ'd
theſe three Creatures to be open'd, I
could, in ſuch ſmall Bodies, diſcover lit
tle of what we ſought for, and what we
might poſſibly have found in larger Ani
mals; for though the Lungs of the Birds
appear'd very red, and as it were inflam'd,
yet that colour being uſual enough in the
Lungs of ſuch winged Creatures, deſerves
not ſo much our notice, as it does, That
in almoſt all the deſtructive Experiments
made in our Engine, the Animals appear'd
to die with violently Convulſive Moti
ons: From which, whether Phyſicians can
gather any thing towards the Diſcovery
of the Nature of Convulſive Diſtem
pers, I leave to them to conſider.
theſe three Creatures to be open'd, I
could, in ſuch ſmall Bodies, diſcover lit
tle of what we ſought for, and what we
might poſſibly have found in larger Ani
mals; for though the Lungs of the Birds
appear'd very red, and as it were inflam'd,
yet that colour being uſual enough in the
Lungs of ſuch winged Creatures, deſerves
not ſo much our notice, as it does, That
in almoſt all the deſtructive Experiments
made in our Engine, the Animals appear'd
to die with violently Convulſive Moti
ons: From which, whether Phyſicians can
gather any thing towards the Diſcovery
of the Nature of Convulſive Diſtem
pers, I leave to them to conſider.
Having proceeded thus far, though (as
we have partly intimated already) there
appear'd not much cauſe to doubt, but
that the death of the fore-mention'd Ani
mals proceeded rather from the want of
Air, then that the Air was over-clogg'd
by the ſteams of their Bodies, exquiſite-
we have partly intimated already) there
appear'd not much cauſe to doubt, but
that the death of the fore-mention'd Ani
mals proceeded rather from the want of
Air, then that the Air was over-clogg'd
by the ſteams of their Bodies, exquiſite-
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