An essay concerning the nature of aliments, and the choice of them, according to the different constitutions of human bodies. In which the different effects, advantages, and disadvantages of animal and vegetable diet, are explain'd / [John Arbuthnot].

  • Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.
Date:
1735
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Credit: An essay concerning the nature of aliments, and the choice of them, according to the different constitutions of human bodies. In which the different effects, advantages, and disadvantages of animal and vegetable diet, are explain'd / [John Arbuthnot]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ^ . the Nature of AltmenU, &c. ment, with thofe of the Animal Juicesj by the. Action of the folid Parts. The Mixture of Blood and Chyle, after its Circulation through the Lungs, being brought back into the left Ven¬ tricle of the Heart, is drove again by the Heart into the Aorta, through the whole Arterial Syftem; every Parti¬ cle of the Body receives fome Branch frorri the Aorta, except (bme of the lo- iid Parts of the Liver. The Arteries arc elaftick Tubes, endued with a con- tradlile Force; by which they fqueeze and drive the Blood ftill forward, it being hinder’d frorri going backward by the Valves of the Heart, They arc f coriical VelTels, with their Bales to- tvards the Heart; and as they pals on, their Diameters groA^ ftill lels and lels: Conlequently the Celerity of the Mo¬ tion diminilb es by the Increale of the Fridfion of the Fluid againft the lides - -- --- -- - ■- ■- ^ - - * Hoe great Artery^ which proceeds from the left Ventri¬ cle of the Hearty and carries the Blood through the Body^ f Tapering^ dimniJFmg by degrees^ D of