(1701) that the balsamic substances which could be suitable for it were also known to him , but that they could not possibly be conveyed into the lungs in order to be beneficial for the lungs .And even though the chest were smeared with such balsam , the lungs could not have their share therein , and the smell of the balsam , which one perceived in the expiration of those on whose chest the balsam had been smeared did not proceed from the trachea , but arose from the chest along the neck .This statement appealed to me , because I am convinced that no substances present in our stomach and intestines can be conveyed to the lungs unless those substances have passed through the heart , and much less so can the balsam that is smeared on the chest .