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substance_n temper_n figure_n situation_n action_n and_o use_v of_o every_o part_n be_v so_o accurate_o and_o perspicuous_o handle_v by_o the_o learned_a laurentius_n in_o his_o anatomical_a history_n that_o repetition_n will_v be_v superfluous_a therefore_o thus_o much_o shall_v suffice_v to_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o part_n the_o six_o section_n of_o physiology_n of_o the_o faculty_n and_o function_n the_o first_o chapter_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o faculty_n and_o function_n the_o faculty_n and_o function_n depend_v upon_o the_o soul_n as_o their_o first_o cause_n it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o explain_v what_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o soul_n therefore_o be_v the_o substantial_a form_n of_o a_o live_a body_n by_o which_o we_o enjoy_v life_n sense_n nutrition_n understanding_n and_o local_a motion_n aristotle_n define_v it_o the_o perfection_n or_o act_n of_o a_o organical_a body_n potential_o live_v which_o definition_n lie_v enveloped_v in_o obscure_a term_n and_o be_v a_o 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and_o propriety_n which_o be_v the_o immediate_a retainer_n to_o its_o essence_n and_o immediate_o depend_v upon_o it_o and_o these_o propriety_n be_v term_v faculty_n of_o which_o we_o institute_v our_o follow_a discourse_n a_o faculty_n be_v a_o proper_a and_o inseparable_a accident_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v instrumental_a to_o it_o in_o the_o execution_n of_o certain_a function_n in_o the_o body_n the_o faculty_n be_v accident_n refer_v to_o the_o second_o species_n of_o quality_n their_o subject_n be_v the_o soul_n in_o which_o they_o inhere_o not_o as_o common_v but_o as_o proper_a and_o inseparable_a accident_n hence_o fernelius_n weak_o assert_v they_o separable_a from_o the_o soul_n which_o he_o endeavour_v to_o verify_v by_o a_o instance_n of_o the_o auctive_a faculty_n which_o he_o affirm_v to_o be_v abolish_v when_o the_o vigour_n of_o age_n decline_v yet_o this_o faculty_n be_v not_o abolish_v but_o only_o lie_v idle_a for_o want_v of_o instrument_n for_o the_o whole_a aliment_n be_v waste_v in_o nutrition_n because_o the_o body_n be_v well_o grow_v require_v more_o nutriment_n and_o innate_a heat_n be_v debilitate_a can_v operate_v accretion_n of_o which_o nature_n also_o be_v unmindful_a while_o it_o have_v fill_v the_o body_n to_o its_o due_a proportion_n yet_o this_o faculty_n be_v not_o extinct_a as_o neither_o the_o procreating_a faculty_n in_o a_o child_n though_o it_o be_v quiet_a without_o wantonize_a till_o youth_n when_o it_o find_v the_o seed_n elaborate_v to_o maturity_n fit_a for_o the_o exercise_n of_o its_o function_n a_o function_n be_v a_o active_a motion_n or_o the_o effect_n of_o a_o faculty_n in_o any_o part_n of_o the_o body_n as_o the_o faculty_n wait_v immediate_o upon_o the_o form_n or_o the_o soul_n so_o the_o function_n upon_o the_o faculty_n as_o effect_n depend_v upon_o their_o cause_n but_o in_o this_o lie_v the_o distinction_n between_o the_o action_n and_o faculty_n that_o they_o be_v appropriate_v to_o the_o soul_n the_o function_n to_o
the_o whole_a mass_n therefore_o for_o the_o exercise_n of_o action_n there_o be_v not_o only_o require_v the_o presence_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o its_o retinue_n of_o faculty_n but_o also_o a_o disposition_n of_o the_o organ_n fit_v for_o action_n which_o be_v disorderly_a the_o action_n be_v lame_o or_o not_o at_o all_o exercise_v but_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o in_o the_o part_n beside_o the_o action_n proper_o so_o call_v there_o be_v two_o other_o thing_n considerable_a viz._n their_o work_n and_o use_v the_o work_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o action_n viz._n when_o it_o have_v a_o real_a and_o permanent_a object_n as_o for_o example_n the_o chyle_n which_o proceed_v from_o concoction_n in_o the_o ventricle_n be_v name_v the_o work_n so_o the_o blood_n in_o the_o liver_n but_o the_o use_n of_o a_o part_n be_v when_o it_o exert_v no_o action_n from_o itself_o but_o be_v only_o auxiliary_a and_o commodious_a to_o the_o action_n of_o another_o part_n as_o the_o mesenterium_fw-la 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