1Conjecture, as it is ſpecious enough, ſo I
might have admitted it for true; but that
I conſider'd, that (not to mention that
one, eſpecially of the Animals kill'd in
our Engine, ſeem'd manifeſtly for a pret
ty while, and not long before he dy'd, to
move his Thorax, as if he exerciſ'd Reſpi
ration) the diligent Wallæus relates, That
he divers times obſerv'd, in the Diſſecti
on of live Bodies, that the Membrane
that inveſts the Lungs, had Pores in it
as big as the larger ſort of Peas, which a
grees with the Obſervations of Chyrur
gions and Phyſitians, viz. That matter
collected in the Thorax, has penetrated in
to the Lungs, and been diſcharged by
coughing. And I remember too, that moſt
of the Animals we kill'd in our Engine
were Birds, of whoſe Lungs Harvey
ſomewhere informs us, That he ob
ſerv'd them very manifeſtly to open at
their Extremities into the Abdomen.
And by ſuch Perforations we may well
ſuppoſe the paſſage free betwixt the exter
nal Air and that in the Abdomen: But this
Conjecture may be further conſider'd.
Beſides, to ſhow that the Animals that
died in our Glaſſes, need not be ſuppoſ'd
might have admitted it for true; but that
I conſider'd, that (not to mention that
one, eſpecially of the Animals kill'd in
our Engine, ſeem'd manifeſtly for a pret
ty while, and not long before he dy'd, to
move his Thorax, as if he exerciſ'd Reſpi
ration) the diligent Wallæus relates, That
he divers times obſerv'd, in the Diſſecti
on of live Bodies, that the Membrane
that inveſts the Lungs, had Pores in it
as big as the larger ſort of Peas, which a
grees with the Obſervations of Chyrur
gions and Phyſitians, viz. That matter
collected in the Thorax, has penetrated in
to the Lungs, and been diſcharged by
coughing. And I remember too, that moſt
of the Animals we kill'd in our Engine
were Birds, of whoſe Lungs Harvey
ſomewhere informs us, That he ob
ſerv'd them very manifeſtly to open at
their Extremities into the Abdomen.
And by ſuch Perforations we may well
ſuppoſe the paſſage free betwixt the exter
nal Air and that in the Abdomen: But this
Conjecture may be further conſider'd.
Beſides, to ſhow that the Animals that
died in our Glaſſes, need not be ſuppoſ'd