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.
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,
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,