1724. It was also told that they yield, or that they flee, when other spirits pursue them, retiring to some distance in a direct line from the face almost forwards, but toward the left. This is the reason why that membrane is so extensive and yields to the lungs as its active forces.
1724. It was said also that they give way or flee when other spirits pursue them, and retire to a considerable distance, in a direct line from the face almost in front, but inclining to the left, whence it happens [correspondentially] that that membrane is so extended, and yields to the pressure of the lungs as to its active forces.
1724. Dictum etiam est, quod cedant, seu fugiant, dum eos alii spiritus persequuntur, et quidem ad distantiam in longitudinem a facie fere antrorsum, sed ad sinistrum, unde id venit, quod membrana ista tam extensa sit, et cedat pulmonibus, sicut viribus suis agentibus.