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

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