A general treatise of midwifery. Faithfully translated from the French ... / [Pierre Dionis].

  • Dionis, Mr (Pierre), -1718
Date:
1719
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Credit: A general treatise of midwifery. Faithfully translated from the French ... / [Pierre Dionis]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Book L The Valves in the cavity of the Veins are like- wife of great ufe to carry the Blood upwards, TheVfsi of an(J are placed at proper diftances to bear it up, *and Sperfh*nc^er 11 ^rom falling back*, and by this maticks ‘ means it returns to the Vena Cava, tho ever fo little propelPdby new Blood coming into the fpermatick Vein. The Defcription now given of the fpermatick.Veffels, fiiews their true ufe : the Blood is carry’d by the Arteries to the upper part of each Tefticle, from thence it paffes thro the whole Subftance, which having feparated from it the feminal Particles, and thofe which ferve for its Nourifhni ent, the reft is fent back in the Branches of the Veins to the Cava* JC>• Eh The Tefticles are fo call’d, from the Latin The Tejles, WordTefi es, Evidences^ for fuch they are, of the Strength and Vigour of Man’s Body , and among the Romans, fuch as wanted them, were not ad¬ mitted as Witneffes in any Matters. They are alfo called Didymes, that is, Gemini, or Twins, beeaufe they are ordinarily two in number ^ and we very rarely meet either with three of’em, or one only: tho fome credible Perfons affirm, that all the Males of a certain IlloiTrious Houfe in Germany had three, and fhew’d a more than or¬ dinary Pa {lio n for the other Sex. I have feen a Perfon of Quality who had three, and who af- far’d me, that molt of his Family had as many. Authors tell us, that in fome the Tefti- cles, and even the Perns itfelf, have lain hid in the Abdomen to the 14th Year of their Age ^ when on occadon of fome violent Straining, they flatted out, and difcover’d them to be Boys, and not Girls, as they were reputed before. Timr si- The Tefticles in Men are feated without the nation* Abdomen, at the root of the Penis, and are wrapt up hi the Scrotum, a Bag compos’d of two Mem-