VES [300 3 VES
VESICA in Anatomy, a Bladder ; a membranous or fo called, from their refembling the Wings of a Eat. See fkinny Part, in which any Humor is contain'd. See Bladdek. U "i?" S p RTINF :. Afl .. onomv
Vesica Bilaria. See Vesicula Fellis. , , VESPERTINE, in Attionomy.
Vesica, among Chymifts, is a large Copper Veffel, tinn'd on the infide 5 uled in dirtilling Ardent Spirits : fo called, as refembling the Figure of a blown Bladder. See Distil-
When a Planet fets af- ter the Sun, it is faid by fome to be Vejpertine.
VESSEL, Vas, Vase, a Thing proper to hold or con- tain Liquor. Thus, a Tunn, Hogfhead, (S/c. are Veffels fit to contain "'VESICATORY, an external Medicine, ferving to raife a Ale, Wine, &c. \
Blifter; whence a fo it is it felf, tho improperly, call'd a The Chymifts ufe a great diverfity of Veffels in their Slider See Blister Operations ; as Matrafles, Pelicans, Retorts, Receivers, &c.
' - 'amies are Unguents, Cataplafms, or Plaiflers made See : Matrass, Pelican ',&<>■ ,
of fharp, irritating Medicaments, which have a Faculty of Among Anatom.fts &c. all the Tubes or Canals wherein drawing the Humours from within, outwards; inflaming the Blood and other Juices or Humours are fecreted, con- and ulcerating the Skin, and raifing njtce, or Bladders ; vey'd, depofited, ®c. as the Veins Arteries Lymphaticks, whence the Name of Veficatory. Spermatids, (gc. are caWA Veffels. See Tube, Canal,
We have Veficatories made of Cantharides, Euphorbium, Duct, Vein, Vesicula. Figs, Sublimate of Mercury, Lapis Infernalis, Muftard, Anacardium, Scillae, Briony, Vinegar, Pepper, Leaven, ££c. which are incorporated and made up with Honey, Gums, Refins, igc. to bring them to the Confiftence requir'd. See Cantharides, &c.
Veficatories are a ftronger fort of Sinapifms. See Sina- pism, Caustic, %$c.
VESICULA, Veficle, a Diminutive of Vefica ; fignifying a little Bladder.
The Lungs confift of VeficuU, or Lobules of Veficulte, ad- mitting Air from the Bronchia ; and not only Air, but alfo of Dull, &c. See Lobule, and Lungs.
There are feveral Parts in the Body which bear this Ap- pellation ; as the,
Vesicula Fellis, Ciftula Fellis, or Gall-Bladder ; which is an oblong, membranous Veffel, not unlike a Pear both in form and fize ; fituate in the hollow Part of the Liver. See Liver.
It adheres to the Liver, not only by its Veffels, which it £$c. find ... receives from it, but likewife by its Membranes, whereof, mer Congeries, or Maffes of Veffels interwove. See Par en- the External is common to both. The lower Part, which chyma, Caro, &c.
hangs out of the Liver, refts on the 'Pylorus of the Sto- Some Philofophers even extend the modern Syftem to all maJJ, Material Beings ; owning, only, two Elements, ores, a Wat
Its Trunks, or Membranes, are ufually reckon'd five ; an ter infinitely/^, diffus'd thro' all Nature 5 and bard or outer, or common one, from the 'Peritoneum ; an inner one, folid Parts ; which are, as it were, the Veffels ot in.it
"veficatoVics are Unguents, Cataplafms, or Plaifters made See Matrass, Pelican, i$c.
and"ukerating"VheSkin,""and raVfingV^, or' Bladders'; vey'd", depofited, &c. "as the Veins Arteries Lymphaticks,
Snermaticks, £?r. are call d Veff
uct, Vein, Vesicula, t$c.
Some even extend the Word to the Nerves ; as fuppofing 'em the Conduits of the Animal Spirits. See Nerve.
Veffels confift of Membranes varioufly form'd and dif- pos'dfor the Reception of the Fluids ; and thefe Membranes, again, confift of leffer Veficles, or Ve/icute : And this, for what we know, without end. See Membrane, Fluid, &c.
In the new Syftem of many modern Philofophers and Phy- ficians, Veffel is a Name common to all the folid Parts of the Body. See Solid.
Thefe Authors explain the whole Animal Oeconomy, Functions, i$c. from the different Liquors diffus'd throughout the Body, and the Tubes, or VeJJels which contain thofe Liquors. In effect, all we know in the human Body, is ei- ther Veffel, or Liquor. See Digestion.
The Antients, 'tis true, had a Notion, that fome Parts of the Body, as the Heart, Spleen, S$c. are mere 'Parenchy- ma's, i. e. a kind of Pulp, or Pith, void of all Veffels ; but the Moderns, by the advantage of Microfcopes, Injections, hat thefe, and all other Parts of the Body, are
on that fide which adheres to the Liver from the Caffula of the Torta, and of the 'Pons Bilarius.
And three proper ones : The firft whereof is Vafculous ; the fecond Mufcular ; and the third Glandulous.
But Dr. 'Drake, viewing a piece of dried Gall-Bladder with a Microfcope, found but little Reafon for this accurate Diftinftion ; the feveral Orders of Fibres of the feveral Coats appearing to be no other than an infinite Perplexity of Vef- fels di verily ramified.
The Gall-Bladder is ufually diftinguiih'd into the Fundus, which is the widett Part ; and the Collum, or Neck, which is the narroweft.
The Neck of the Veficultt Fellis being prolong'd, termi- nates in a Duet, called Meatus Cyfticus, or Bilarius ; which, at about two Inches diftance from the Gall-Bladder,
ter. See Element, &c.
The Veffels have a confiderable fhare in the vital A&iona -, all that is requir'd to the Maintenance of Life, b^n.g lue Quantity of a proper Humour, and its continued Moth*. long the Veffels ; This Motion depends, in great mealu on the Action of the Veffels themfelves ; and the Action . the Veffels depends on the Contraction of the Fibres, wht.n. when ftretch'd and diftended by rhe flowing Humom.
by.
they fhorten themfelves again, and difpofe themfelves into right Lines, ftill approaching towards the Axis of their Ca- vity ; and thus, they propel their Contents : So that the Force of the Veffels, is chiefly to be determin'd from their Figure. See Fibre, Elasticity, tfc.
The Number of Veffels, fome of our lateft and belt Ana- tomifts obferve, is greateft in Embryo's ; and continually de loni'd" to" the ' Meatus "kepaticus -"thefe, together, form creafes as Age comes on See Foetus. the ZJsSbj Communis. See Ductus, Meatus, &e. For, in the Aftions whereby Nutrition, tSc are effected.
The ufe of the Gall-Bladder, is to receive the Bile after the greater Veffels being much diftended by their Humour-, its being fecreted in the Glands of the Liver ; and to dif- the fmaller Veficles, whereof the Membranes or Coats of me charge it by the common Duft into the Duodenum. larger are wove, become compreis d and ttreighten d, and at
The Bile found in this Veffel is of a brighter yellow, a length quite dry, and void of Juices ; lo that growing logc- greater Confiftence, and more bitter and acrimonious than ther, the Fibres become the firmer and ftronger by the_ that in the Torus Bilarius. See Bile.
Vesiculje Scminales. ? <, SSeminales Vesiculk Adipofe. S e cAdifosje. VESPER, in Aftronomy, called alfo Hefperus ; is the Planet Venus, when flie is Weftwards of the Sun.
Venus.
ofs
of the Veficles. And hence the Strength, Firmnefs, Stiff- nefs, &c. of the folid Parts. See Solid ; fee alfoDisEAsE, and Death.
Vessels, in Navigation, is a common Name for all forts
See of Shipping, i. e. all floating Machines, or Vehicles that move
in the Water. See Ship.
VESPERS, in the Romijh Church, Evening Songs ; that Veffels are frequently diftinguifh d into two general Claf-
Part of the Office which is rehearfed after Noon : anfwer- fes, viz. high-bottom' d, or deck'd Veffels : which are thole
ing to our Evening-Prayers ; except that it differs more that move wholly with wind and Sail, and live in all Seas ;
from the Office of the Morning, call'd Mattins. See Mat- as 'Pinks, Galeons, Ships, &c. See Sailing
TINS . And flat-bottom' d Veffels, which go both by Oars and
Sicilian Vespers, is a famous jEra in the French Hifto- Sails : Such are Boats, Galleys, 'Prams, Wherries,&cc. See
ry ; fignifying a general Maflacre of all the French in Si- Oars, Rowing, S£c fee alfo Boat, Galley, &c.
cily, in the Year 1281 ; to which the firft Toll that call'd Floating Veffels, are ufually diftinguifh d into Boats, Ligh-
to Vefpers was the Signal. ters, Barges, Barks, Fijhing Veffels, Ships of Trade, and
Some will have it to have happen'd on Eafter-Eve : o- Veffels of War ; of each whereof there are divers Kinds
thers on the Day of the Annunciation. It was rais'd by one 'Prochites a Cordel
at the Time
and Denominations. See Boat, Barge,Lightef.,Ship,c£<;. Veffels of War, are a three-deck'd Ship, firft and fecond
when Charles of Anion, Count of Provence, was King of Rate ; a Frigate, or rwo-deck'd Ship, third, fourth, and fitth Naples and Sicily. The Women with Child by French- Rate ; a one-deck' d Ship, fixth Rate ; (fee Rate.) a Boom- men were not fpared. Veffel, a Firefiip, a Ketch, a Machine-Veffel, a Smoker.
After the like manner, we fay, the Mattins of Mofccw, A Veffel is faid to be of three or four hundred Tonus ;
fpeaking of the Mufcovites affafftnating their Prince 2)eme- meaning that it will carry three or four hundred times two
trim, and all the Tales his Adherents at Mofcoiv, the 27th of thoufand Weight : or, that when immerg'din Water, it pqf-
May iffoo, under the Conduct of their Duke Chomsky, at fefles the Space of three or four hundred Tonn ot Water ;
fix a-clock in the Morning. which is equal to the Weight of the Veffel, and all the
VESPERTILIONUM Al£, q. d. Bats Wings, among Loading it can carry. See Tun, and Burden. Anatomifts, two broad membranous Ligaments, with which A Veffel is faid to draw ten or jijteen Foot of Water ;
tiie bottom of the Womb is ty'd to the Bones of the Flank ; meaning, that when loaden, it finks lo deep under Water.
The
