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114 MARCELf.US MALPTCH1US 



Cerebrum crgopropiiri dcnuJatum involucru apuu AfXJquoi in artcrius&r no- 

 ftcrius divifmii csiitit : undc Cerebrum, & Cerebellum tafia , forma , & rifu diver- 

 fa extiterc ; His non infeliciter Krtiam addidit pjnem famigcratifluius VAtelius y 

 Principtjttn fcilicct fpinalis medulla-, intra adhttc cat variant contcntum. Qya-nam 

 autem hoiuin lit fubltantix ratio, nun Tactic ex hucufqucdictis elides, duro in uWrfa 

 dirtia&os,vcI faltcm inobfcuroaliquoeonvcnicntcs, & Concordes videbis autho- 

 rs: Hifftrsttt aim lib de Glad. Cerebrum inter glandulas recenfet, co quia 

 cum tplis album , & fhabilc lit, liumiditaccm rccipiat , & ablrgir , capillos procrcct, 

 &' morbis glandulis ipfis conringentibus > tent ctur : Alii ex Platone inter medullain 

 rcpofucrc, ex mollitie, friabilitatc , & offimn circumducts concamerationibus: 

 Hoc autem pluribus non arrilic > quoniam vulgaris odium medulla igncm concipit, 

 ncc ipfo folidior fit , ut in Ccrcbroaccidk ; quarc hi cum CMtna vi'fccris naturam Cc- 

 rcbro iribucrunt, cujusquidem confufa caro nullis diflinda dclincationibus vcluir 

 ftebe finnarct , & fulciret vaforum diramiricationcs. Quoniam tamen aliquibus re- 

 motx valdc" videbantur fix fubftantix acccptioncs , doeucrunt Cerebri carnein pecu- 

 liarcm clTc •, qualis in rcliquo corporc non repcritur. Quae lit autem liarc pcculiari- 

 tas.cVquibus notis i cxtcris diltinguatur.non hucufquc aflignarunt. Intcrprctcs 

 Galcni in Arte parva fupra paiticulain, Igitur fubuUm Certbii fuhpui'um , plura 

 commentati fane circa Cerebri fubltantix conditions , & proprictatcs: H*lj cnim 

 hancftatuitpcrviatn.&claramiio^n) finccram ex non ceafla , & twbulenta ma- 

 teria excitatanv, & poitrcmo ingcnioliffimus SaHnius, his rejedis, cenfuit dia- 



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gruunt tamen fenfjiis*, nam Cerebri fubftantia , fi fcptuni lucidum demas > nul- 

 lam fapit dtapliancitatem, quin ex coagmentatione diveifx fubflantix,& intima 

 configuratiouc, ut infra patcbit, pluribus conlht fupcrficicbus , ncc in Ccrcbro cx- 

 opeabiliscftvitri diaphancitas , quia anunalcs fpiritus cum luminc nequaquam coi- 

 veniunt. 



Inter Anatoinicos vifus eft prx cxtcris Piuolamineui Cerebri fubfranriam inda- 

 galfcj hie cnim licet vulgatum apod antiques admiwat. Cerebri corpus partem G- 

 niilarcm cite, tamen ex diligenti indaginc primus, ni fallor, obfervavit diflercn- 

 tiam,qum>&dmltoncm inpari«ibus» feu Cerebri mole; corpus namquc cineri- 

 tium > feu in albo livefcens , quod cxtcrius primo occurrit , Cerebrum proprie appel- 

 lant unclufum totem candidtim, &foIidius, medullam vocavit; has vcro colore, 

 folidiutc , & intcrftitiis , feu lincis difcriminatas fubflanrias in rcccntcr cnecatis fum- 

 111a dcxtcritatc fcparavit ; quam obfervationem Clariffimi Bjubinat , EUMu , Bat- 

 ibotin, cxteriquc omncs Anatomici , iifdem fere tranferipti* verbis conlirmarunr , ira 

 ut inconcufliiin vidcatur, cxtcrius Cerebrum ufquc ad callofum corpus produclura 

 corticis inftar elfc , interim autem medullam fapcrc , in qua liti funt ventriculi , Ipina- 

 h ; medullx principtum , & nervorum portiones. 



His igiturdctingiilis excrciutig noftia proccdet, addcndoinfupcrquxcxvariii 



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