| Description Of Item | From the collection of Sir David Barry. In the introduction this work was to cover digestion, absorption and course of the chyle, circulation of the lymph, circulation of venous blood, respiration and circulation of arterial blood. The headings covered are 'Of food and drink', 'Of Aliments', 'Of drinks or potable fluids', 'Apparatus of Digestion', 'Accumulation of food in the stomach', 'Changes of the food in the stomach', [Formation of chyme], 'Action of the large intestine', 'Accumulation and passage of fecal matters in the large intestine', 'Changes of the fecal matters in the large intestine', 'Expulsion of the fecal matters', 'Of the digestion of fluids', 'Accumulation of fluids in the stomach...', 'Action of the small intestine on the potable fluids', 'Remarks on eructation, regurgitation, vomiting etc', 'Modification of digestion in different ages', 'Of the absorption and course of the chyle', [The lymphatic vessels], 'Circulation of the lymph', 'The venous blood', 'Apparatus of the venous circulation', 'The right arteries of the heart', 'The pulmonary artery', 'Circulation of the venous blood', 'Passage of the venous blood through the right cavities of the heart' and 'Passage of the venous blood through the pulmonary artery'. The first part on digestion has a break after page 8 and the last section appears to be incomplete. Two different sizes of paper are used and at least two different handwritings. Other items in the collection may form part of this work. |