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1. Placenta uterina Muliebris, excarnat
ed. That is with
the blood & ^ /smallest/ Capillary vessels cleans
ed away. together with a certaine Glandulous sub-
stance of a yellowish colour, being
the true paren
chyma, by
the mediation of w
ch,
the serum or
Lymphous part of
the Blood seems to be separated
into
the Membranes of
the secondine.
2. The Uterus of a Bitch, in w
ch the Os inte-
ner, is of a Very peculiar structure: being a ner
vous Caruncle opening with 4 little Lipps cross
wise,
tht is,
in the maner of a St Andrews Cross; but
not horizontally, as in other Animals, but perpen
dicularly; wherby
the passage from
the Uterus is
made more difficult. From w
ch it may be as from
one cause,
tht a Bitch is seldome or never known
to bring /an/ Abortiue Birth.
3. The Gutts of a Ca
ssawary with
the Stomach
& crop, or rather
the Gula; this &
the Rectum bee-
ing bigger than in a Horse. The stomach on
the con
trary proportionably small, & only membranes, not
gri
ssly.
or4 The Diaphragme of a Cat, divided into 2 Mus
cles by 2
to narrow membranes beeing 2 semidiameters,
& haueing a 3
d round one in
the centre, all 3 an -
swerable to so many Tendons, by w
ch, upon euery
respiration,
the Diaphragme is made to stand tensed
& tite like
the Parchment of a Drum.
5 A Cats Tongue; w
ch is all ouer not only rough,
but sharp with bony Thornes, standing, as
the Teeth
or wiers in a wooll=card. So
tht a Cat carrys her
curry comb in her mouth, only useing her Tongue to
scrat with all,
where a Dog useth his Teeth or claw. . . his claws always sharp where a
Dog u
seth his Teeth or Claws.
6 The Crystalline Humor of a Cats Eye, w
ch in dry
ing breaks euery where from
the Centre of both conuex
itys, in regular Triangles.
7 The ^ /foremost/ Teeth of
the Nether Cap of a Rabbet: w
ch are
very peculiar 4. The 2 outmost are
the Inci
sores com
mon to this & some other Animalls: but with in these are
2 more very peculiar, w
ch may be called
the Gage Teeth,
because they hinder
the ^ /other/ Teeth
of the from striking too
far, so as either to dislocate
the chap, straine
the muscles,
or cut
the Goomes; w
ch might otherwise easily happen
Ref: CELL/RS/HF_317 © Centre for Editing Lives and Letters
