Book V - Snyder Bible

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conveniently digested when it is conveyed into the stomach;
for this reason they are also called grinders.
Chapter XXX: Breath and Blood.
inspiring, and expiring air, that by the renewal of the breath,
the natural heat which is in the heart may, by means of the
lungs, be either warmed or cooled, as the occasion may require;
while the lungs are made to abide in the breast, that by
their softness they may soothe and cherish the vigor of the
heart, in which the life seems to abide; the life, I say, not the
spirit. And what shall I say of the substance of the blood,
which, proceeding as a river from a fountain, and first borne
along in one channel, and then spreading through innumerable
veins, as through canals, irrigates the whole territory of
the human body with vital streams, being supplied by the
agency of the liver, which is placed in the right side, for effecting
the digestion of food and turning it into blood? But in the
left side is placed the spleen, which draws to itself, and in
some way cleanses the impurities of the blood.
Chapter XXXI: The Intestines.
arranged in long circular windings, that they may gradually
carry off the refuse of the food, so as neither to render places
suddenly empty and so as not to be hindered by the food that
is taken afterwards? But they are made like a membrane, that
the parts that are outside of them may gradually receive moisture,
which if it were poured out suddenly would empty the
internal parts; and not hindered by a thick skin, which would
render the outside dry and disturb the whole fabric of man
with distressing thirst.
Chapter XXXII: Generation
cavity of the womb, which is most suitable for receiving, and
cherishing, and vivifying the germ! Who does not believe that