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Ccrebro obfcrvarunt , & paffiminHydroccphalis hujusfcii collc&ioncm in pucris 

 p: reipuc ad multiplies libras , ut in Augultana Puella ridtt I'efjhm > ob facile in hjs 

 fortaflc Cerebri vitium , ex nimia mollitiecompcrtam legimus > & praxi ctiam con- 

 firmamus. Mirabilis exeat hiftoria apud Jacobum Carpenfcm , qui in ncpotc Car- 

 dinalis Hilltigoaicnlis capitc vchemcntcrvdncratocopiofamaquaminauipla fovea 

 in Cerebri fubilantia exriuta per vices coaccrvatam cvacuabat : Sexagchmo aucem 

 die hujuspomode novo colIc£ta» &coercitaEpilcpliimcum rotiustremorc, & ri- 

 corc excitavir: quacvacuata* &confolidato vulnerc #gerpriilina:rcfiitutuscft fa* 

 nitati. Qyarc cum in vulneribui Cerebri pafllmcopiofum ferum recolligi vidcamus, 

 valdc confomun rationi vidctur, vulnerc impediri * & labctattari meatus , pet 

 quos cruftatuuii & cribratum hujufmodi ferum ulccriih propagari debet , 8c jam 

 vulnerc Cerebri tentatos marafmo caudcin intctiifie IrcquenTcr obfervamus. 



Nee defunt fanguinea vafa y quibus tota Cerebri fujllantia pcrvadatur; nam ft 



fiat cum univerfo corpore comparario* fi non dimiuia » laltcm tenia pars fanguinis in 



caput defcrtur, ubicumubvil'ccriscxilitatcmncquaquamabfumacur, valdc proba- 



bile eft pcrcolatumconcrcfcibilcfeium per tibrulas Cerebri indc inclongatos ncr- 



1 vos dciivari , rcliduum autcm finibus rccolle&um appends venis iicrum ad prxcordia 



reUuere. 



Unum nonindignumobfervationc in Pifcium iventriculis infpexi; portio cnim 



alba fibris comcxta cxii*ua$ vaforum propagmes* fubimrantes tamcn,&non fub* 

 exfenfas habct, & in perfectioribus fanguincis plexus cboroidis non intimcamplc- 

 xatur albas vcntriculorum libras, fed libcrc absque infettione extcnditur»ita ut to- 

 ta vaforum ramificario, per alteram fcilicet cineriram difpcrgaiurportioncm* ut 

 patet evidentcr in Pifcium vemiiculis, & in cxtcrioti ambitu Cerebri>ubi copio* 

 fiflima ell reticularis propago vaforum, ut fcrc totujn tegat fubjedum corticcm, 

 quin , &in iifdein pifcium vcntriculis> ubi vaforum rami evidenrer, & dillimflc 

 confpiciuntur , unumtantum vaforum genus propagatur, quod h fanguincis FjU$~ 

 pint arteriofum crcdidir* SrcUnm autcm venofum, 8c li viduum hie Natura alte- 

 rum tamumlocaflccvas, nonptodudoexteriusaltcro, probabiliusccnfcrem arte- 

 riofum ellc; qui extremitatibus tandem hoc in rcmotam ctiam corticis venam , vel 

 iiicmbranx funis, refiduuin fangumisciuctarepotcft; quibus omnibus itcrurndubi- 

 tandi a:ifa habetur , corticcm feu cineritiam fubiiannam>appullum avails iuibrcm 

 intimallruiturain fibras derivare. 



Scd audirc quofdam raih) videor , regain viam (II qui* tanicn a Cerebro humor in 

 nervos propagctuOtfndigitantcs, ampliuklinem (cilicct ventrieulonim* coruiidcm 

 cominuitatcm cum fptnalii mcdullx dcfceudcntc finu, quibus mirificc hmulquc 



E>pagari potcft in elongates nervos, cum prarcipue in aliquibus ctiam cadaven- 

 s fucci vcftigia ibidem repcriamur. Scd plurameab hoealioquinprobabilidog- 

 mate arccnt , inter qua! non leviter urgct copiofos , & infigOCS nervos a CeK*be]Io 

 ortum trahcrc,& tamen in ipfonnllajnobfervaricavuatem, prxtcrAramnCiner- 

 nam qua: omnium confeufu interllitium eft inter Cerebellum, & defcendentem 

 fpinam: Ultcrius : prima ncivoiuni capita, & exortus in coiucc fupra calloli 



ptuna ncivojiuu capita 4 



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