The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation : In two parts. viz. the heavenly bodies, elements, meteors, fossils, vegetables, animals, (beasts, birds, fishes, and insects) more particularly in the body of the earth, its figure, motion, and consistency, and in the admirable structure of the bodies of man, and other animals, as also in their generation, &c / By John Ray.

  • John Ray
Date:
1692
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Credit: The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation : In two parts. viz. the heavenly bodies, elements, meteors, fossils, vegetables, animals, (beasts, birds, fishes, and insects) more particularly in the body of the earth, its figure, motion, and consistency, and in the admirable structure of the bodies of man, and other animals, as also in their generation, &c / By John Ray. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    One thing relating to Generation T can-1 not omit; that is, the confl:ru£tion of a let j of temporary Parts, (like Scaffolds in a Buiid-^ ing ) to ferve a prefent End, which are alter-j wards laid afide , afford a if rong Argument ^ of Counfel and Defign. Now for the ufe j of the Young during its enclofure in the i Womb there are feverai Parrs formed, as: the Membranes iriveloping it, called the Se^ ■ cundines, the umbilical Veffels, one Vein and I two Arteries, t\\Q Vrachus , to convey the Urine out of the B!adder,and the placenta ute- rina; part whereof fall away -at the Birch,^ as the Secundtms and Placenta, others dege-] derate into Ligaments, as the Vrachus, and part of the umbilical Vein: Befides which, X. ■ If. ^ becaufe the during its abode in the Womb, hath no ufe of refpiration by the Lungs, the Blood doth not ail, I may fay not the greatefVpart of it , flow throughi them; but there are two Paffages or Chan neis contrived, one called the foramen ornlef by which part of the Blood brought by the| vena cava palTeth immediately into the left Ventricle of the Heart, without entring' the other is a large arte-j the right at all palling from the pulmonary rial Channel pailing fi Artery immediately into th^ Aorta, or great Artery , whichiikewife derives part of the Blood thither, without running at all into the
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