1quam deſiſtant animantia, quin aut ſpiritum
adducant, aut reddant.
adducant, aut reddant.
But touching the account upon which
the Inſpiration and Exſpiration of Air
(both which are comprehended in ἀγαπνο,
Reſpiration) is ſo neceſſary to Life, both
Naturaliſts and Phyſitians do ſo diſagree,
that it will be very difficult either to re
concile their Opinions, or determine their
Controverſies.
the Inſpiration and Exſpiration of Air
(both which are comprehended in ἀγαπνο,
Reſpiration) is ſo neceſſary to Life, both
Naturaliſts and Phyſitians do ſo diſagree,
that it will be very difficult either to re
concile their Opinions, or determine their
Controverſies.
For firſt, Many there are who think
the chief (if not ſole) uſe of Reſpiration
to be the Cooling and tempering of that
Heat in the Heart and Blood, which other
wiſe would be immoderate: And this O
pinion, not onely ſeems to be moſt recei
ved amongſt Scholaſtick Writers, but di
vers of the new Philoſophers, Carteſians,
and others, admitted with ſome variation;
teaching, That the Air is neceſſary, by its
coldneſs, to condenſe the Blood that paſ
ſes out of the right Ventricle of the
Heart into the Lungs, that thereby it may
obtain ſuch a conſiſtence, as is requiſite
to make it fit Fewel for the vital Fire or
Flame, in the left Ventricle of the heart.
And this Opinion ſeems favor'd by this,
That Fiſhes, and other cold Creatures,
whoſe Hearts have but one cavity, are al-
the chief (if not ſole) uſe of Reſpiration
to be the Cooling and tempering of that
Heat in the Heart and Blood, which other
wiſe would be immoderate: And this O
pinion, not onely ſeems to be moſt recei
ved amongſt Scholaſtick Writers, but di
vers of the new Philoſophers, Carteſians,
and others, admitted with ſome variation;
teaching, That the Air is neceſſary, by its
coldneſs, to condenſe the Blood that paſ
ſes out of the right Ventricle of the
Heart into the Lungs, that thereby it may
obtain ſuch a conſiſtence, as is requiſite
to make it fit Fewel for the vital Fire or
Flame, in the left Ventricle of the heart.
And this Opinion ſeems favor'd by this,
That Fiſhes, and other cold Creatures,
whoſe Hearts have but one cavity, are al-