Rational Pharmaceutics, Part 1

...the uses of the gullets original: "gularum" are investigated. Same page. The innermost layer original: "tunica intima" contributes to sensation; it is investigated whether it also contributes to movement, page 9. Contractions occur only from fleshy fibers muscle fibers; extensions and swellings occur properly from nerve fibers, page 10. Instances of these are seen in yawning, stretching, and inflations of the internal organs; all of which occur with a certain explosion of the spirits Willis theorized that nerves functioned via the rapid movement or "explosion" of subtle spirits, page 11. The uses of the middle and outermost layers of the esophagus, same page. A description of the stomach original: "Ventriculi", page 12. It has three layers, same page. The interior is covered with a shaggy crust original: "crusta villosa"; the mucous membrane, as well as glands and networks of vessels, page 13. The uses and duties of this layer are designated, page 14. Its conditions regarding the movement of inflation and distension, same page. The cause of tympanitis original: "Tympanitidis"; a condition where the abdomen swells with gas and becomes tight like a drum is suggested, page 15. The folds and wrinkles of the stomach; where they come from and what uses they serve, same page. The middle layer of the stomach is fleshy or muscular; in it are two orders of motor fibers, same page. How these can be noted and described, page 16. The outer order of the fleshy fibers, same page. Investigation and description of the fleshy fibers that belong to the inner order, page 17. The duties and uses of both types of fibers, page 18. How they perform opposite contractions, same page. From where and through which channels their impulses original: "instinctus"; the signals transmitted to the muscles are transmitted, page 19. A description of the outer layer, which is entirely nervous and perhaps tendinous, same page. The two openings of the stomach, page 20. The nerves and nerve networks original: "plexus" belonging to its mouth, same page. A description and use of the pylorus the opening from the stomach into the small intestine, page 21. The vessels belonging to the stomach are nerves, arteries, and veins, page 22. Their networks and very dense branches, same page. The use of both the arteries and veins is explained, page 23. The intestines are of two kinds, namely the small and the large, page 24. The location and dimensions of the former, same page. The intestines attached to the mesentery the membrane that attaches the intestines to the abdominal wall have three layers, page 25. The innermost of these includes two others, namely the shaggy or glandular layer, and the vascular layer, or that which [is composed of] blood...