e
n
nómlch: by the ClllOmixtllrc of
':'C'~
liq,lOrs, IVlie·
Ihel of faliva or the ¡lIice of tk
Hom.ch. a prore r
menfiruum is com"ored, hy IVhieh the parl! of rhe
alimcnl
are
f1i1l
more and morc divided by its iofinu.·
lin~
¡nte> Iheir pores, and a,quire nill a greater like–
nef,
l\l
the animal fluid,.
1
he f1omach,
by
mcans of
ji.
lmúcular fibres, conlraéling itfclf, does gradu.llly
di_harge i,s contents by the pyloru, into tlle duode–
num ;
lO
wllich gut, , rter afmall femicirculardcfcent,
it mem with the p,ncreatic juice a
~d
hile
j
both
whieh joining it, renden fome pan of lht aliment
more fluid, by fiill diCuniling lhe
~ro(f~r
par! from the
more pure, and here the chylifaélion i, made perreél.
The .bile which aboun,l. wiih lixivial falts, ano apIlO
entaogle Wilh the grolTer pam of .lhe coocoéled ali–
mento Ilimulales ule gulS, and e/canfes lheir c.vlues
of Ihe mucoos mauer feparmd ftom lhe blood
'bv
¡he
gtands or lhe gulS, and loclgcd in their cavilies
j
which nOI only moifiens the Infidc of {he gurs. hUI de–
fenos lhe mouth of lhe laéleal veITc/s from being io–
jured by alien bodic$ whieh oflen pafs lhal way.
T
be eonteol! of lhe inlefiine, move fiifl oh, by
means of lhe peritlaltie mOlion of lhe gUIS
j
whiln
lhofe lhinoer parls, fitled lo lhe pores of the Jalleal
'l'e/fc/!, are abforbed by them: the thicker move OiU
more Oowly on, .1nd bythe many flops lhey continual–
Iy meel with by the connlunt valves, all the ehyle or
lhin plm are at length enlirdy abrorbed · lh.
renl~ins
beitlg melel,. excretnentttious, are only
~t
10 be pro–
tr~dcd
I>y Hoo!.
Inthe pallage lhrough the rmall inteilines. lhe Aoer
"par! of the
m~fs,
which \Ve
C1IJ
the chyle (as ha! beeo
already oblCrved) eoters the oriaces of the laéleal vef.
fel, of
lh~
firn kind. wherewith the whole mefentery
is inlermixed, IVhicb either alone, or together Wilh
lhe mefenic v.eins, difcharge lhemfdves into lhe
glanos. al (he bafis or lhe mefentery.
Then lhe chyle is taktn up by the laéloals of the
(eeood kind, and js con"eyed inlo glands betwetn lhe
two [eodons of lhe dlaph"gm, ealled Pcc1uet's reCer–
"a'ory;
when~e
il js carried 10 the heaft by the tho–
raeie dui!l; and Ihe fubelavi an ,eln: and hm il firll
mixes with the blood, and iD time becomes
allim~ated
thmlo.
CRYLOSIS, among phyGdans. the aél dr
,.'¡"":no
lile
alimm in the nomach fo ehyle.
CHYME, or CHYMU!, in Ihe corumoo
IIgnifie~tion
or
me ward, denales every kind o(humour ",hieh is io–
cra!1'aled by eoncoélioo. under which 1I0lioo
it
compre–
heods al! Ihe bumour! fil or un61 for preférving aod
nourilhiog the body, whether
~ood
or b,d.
lt
freo
quenlly iruports lhe 6nen
pa~t
of lhe ehyle, wheo fe–
parmd
{rom
the r..<:ts, aod
coo~d
iD the lacleal
and thoracie dot!.
CHYMlSTRY.
or CHElttI'rU .
8et
CH!MlSTU.
CHYMOLOG I. an appcllatioh given 10 fueh naturalm,
a, have employed thm time in Invenigatiog the pro–
penie, of plana froln tlteir talle
~nd
fmell
OHYMOSlg, in medicine, !he aél 'of maldng or preparing
ebyme. See
CHY~It .
OKUOlt' is alfo a dillorrfoo of !he eye.lid., ariGag
e
e
froOl an inAaOlmation
j
alto an inO¿OImalioo of lhe
corn~.1
tIIniea in tite eye.
CIAJ.1 S, lhe "llame of tite capilar of a kiogdom of !hat
name in indep'ndanl Tamry, filuated on Ihe road
from Samarcand 10 China.
ClBDt!.OPLACIA, in natural hillory, a genus of
fpars deb.fcd by avery large admixture of mth : they
are
op.,~ue, f~1
r.lcd uf
tI.in~rulls, ~overlOg v~gt;\a~ICI
and olher bodies, by way of inerufiallons.
Of
litis genus
'~e
Ime lhe following fpeeies:
l .
A
gr~yifh-II'Itite
on:, wilh a rough furface.
2.
A
whitjlh brol('n one: both thefe are friable.
3. A
hara, pale.&rotvn
~ind,
wJlich is lhe onecolla of ¡he
/hops.
4.
The whitilh.grey lind, with a fmooth (ur–
'face : this is the unieornu foffile and emtites of au–
.thora.
í .
The whllifh·browo coralloíde kind_
CIBDELOSTRACIA,
in~a(ural
hinory, tmene fpars,
deniture of all btightnefs and Iranfparence, formcd in–
to Ihin plates, and ufual{yfound eoaling over the fidCJ
of r./fures, aod other cavities of Ilone, with congeria
oC
them of grcat eXtenl. and of plaiD or bOlroyide (ur–
faces.
Of there ,here are ufually reekoned feveo kiD<f11
the 6ra is Ihe hard, browolfh·while eibdclonracium,
fonnd in Germaoy: the fecond js the hard, whitifh
cibdeloflraelUm, lI'ith thin eruns. aod a rinoolher (ur–
faee, founu alfo in lhe Ham·forefl
10
Germany: :he
lhird Is the hard, pale-bro\Vn eibdelutlracium, Wilh
numerons very thin
cru~s,
round i.n fubtertanean
ca.
veros
iD
many pans of Eogland
a.\
\Vell as Cerroany:
the fourth is the "(hite, light, and friable cíbddafir·a–
(ium, found alfo In
G~rmaoy,
bUl very rmly in aoy
pan
of England: lhe 6flh is lhe lighl hard, pale.
brolVn cibddoflracium, witn a fmoorb
~trfaee, fo~nd
in almoll.11I parts of the world: lhe fiXlh is lhe whi–
tifh, friable, cruflaeeous cibdelofiraeinf!ll Wilh a rou,h–
er furfm, frequeot
iD
Cermany
a~d
Fnglaod;
~od
tbe (eventh is the brownifh while, friable cibdeloOra–
ciuf!l, wlth a dully
(orf~ce,
fouod ia rcveral partS of
Jreland, as wellas Germany.
CICADlA, in Ioulogy, a genus of ia(efu be/ongioa
!ti
the order oi bemiplera. TIte beak il inft.aed;
th~
antennz are fctaceous
i
lhe four wiogs are
lneOlbra~a.
eeous and deJleéled; and Ihe fcet, in moti Qf the fpe–
cies,
~re
of lhe jumpihg
ki~d.
1Jte
f~cies
are
Ii~y.
one. The larvz of femal of this gtnus ev¡euate
great quantities of a frolhy matler upon Ihe branche,
and leaves of plaot', in tbe mldfi of whith tlley
con–
Ilanrly refide.
CICATRICULA, ¡mong nalunl hillorlanl, denotel
~
fm ¿II whitilh fpeek iD
Ih~
yolk
of
an egg, (u'ppofed 10
be
Ihe
firfl Yudin.ents of (he fu
tU,
e ehick.
CICJ\TRIX, in furgery, a Iiule feam or CICV1UOO
oí
ca/lous
ftelh
rffing on the !kin, and rem,oll08 tDere
afler
lh~
hea/in;¡ ofa wound or ulw.
!t
il common–
!y
e~fled
a.fcar. See SUkGEl Y
CICATRIZ.~NTS,
in phJl macy, mediciof' "hich aflill
natUre to form a ciwrix Suth are ¡rminian !>ole,
po~·dcr
of tuuy. dlficcativum rubrum,
be.
Clcat\iza~rl
1ft
othetwlfe calleJ &hUOlics,
cpuJ~
tiCI,
ioruoatives,
agglatioa.Du,
6,.
CICELY.