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aJaptari pofliint> m fpatiola, & oblongs cthm, & irregularesimcrcapedinctnoiv 

 fuboriantur, in quibus tamcn nullus dudhium naturam rccognofcct. DubitabicalU 

 qui* , 211 inter (ticmm in optici ccntro quandoquc cflurniatiim a circumduftionc pliea- 

 rum, vcl iiucllmulorum* fit mcatusinfi£nisanafuratiHCiiUHprodcdacioneanimalis. 

 fpirim«>coprxcipuc»quuobfcrvaruntaIiqiiicavosopticosincxoitupropcfpina!^:: 

 ^ . f . medullam: quod qui Jem frivoluiiiviJcriir;quonuuifpiritiiunigraersfio t Srpropa* 



j*orr«w&gatio a venrriculis Ccrcbriinnrrvosfiifpvftaapiid fjniorcsccnlcnjr. Contingitau- 

 cTf^M- tcm hujufmodi iiucrcapcJocxfnlanccclfirar^uErciticctmcdulIari^opticifobrtj: 

 li'.i (n jam in fafciculum cclIcLxainIrjni!rpliTrit)jni!iIitaripo(Iic:&qtundtjnLictri;iobrLT- 

 vanturinfignia fpatia adla!craopticiavariapticarumcirciimdudionc-undcno;i i 

 cafaalejn indicant ipforum produiiioncm. 



An vtiQ in ncrvoopucocxi^ui meatus t &canaliculi, nonabfimilcsfanguincisva- 

 fis, inline iiifculpri in incdirulho ciijufcunquc inccilinuli, & complicate in pifcibus 

 mcdullx, vdttriinarborumlibroobfem mtil» atnblgipoccft : Ex dictis autrm » cum 

 fenfire fcuciifquctnanifclUiit* qualisinarteriisobfervarur, vclinaiundinum lilamen- 

 tis confpkitur, non indicct cavitatcm > probabiIecft > porulostantu r n t Sciaetrflftia 

 in mcdullari fubftantiacnata) admittenda cfle # quibus mediis > mitnuis&vivificans 

 fiiccus propatytur. 



In quern fincro fjbrefaSi fint optici p in propttdla videcur , iw fcilicct vifioni infers 

 opuco* vianc : undo Tifm io* fpiritus extra ferrc , & objcclorum fpecies in Cerebrum revchcrc 

 communitcr cdocemur. Plaufibilc eft inventum fimigcrntiffimi Cjrttftii in Diop- 

 tric, cxararwn. Hie cnim fupponittribusconflarencrvumopticum ; primb quidem 

 membranis cxtcrioribus a Ccrebro propsgatis > qua- tubiinftar effbrmentur i & cloiw 

 gemur ad oculos : Sccundo tcnuibus filamentii, non adinviccm dependenribus, 

 qux cavos htijufinodi tubos impleant: & poftremofpiriributanmulibus, qui ventt 

 inllar i vcntrtculis Cerebri progrefli in oculos fct antur t & tenfa & libera fervent cx- 

 arata filamcnta. His politis determinate animam ima^rnibus non cgerc ab objeflis 

 in Cerebrum tranfmillis, fed fufficicntcr vifionem excirart divcrfimodcmorisHla- 

 memis in Rctinam expands ab cxtcrno famine i qux cum cominuato tramitc ad inte* 

 riorcm Cerebri flrperhcicm rermincntur t inulrimacxtrcnmace 4 eofi(iiniliniotucti« 

 am tcntanctir» & impellunttir ubi nova merits fpiiiribusimprcflapinealiglandul* 

 muio, vclut anima: folio communicatur. 



Hare licet ingcniofiffiinc fint cxeogitata, fuis tanienfcatcntdifficiilratibusinam 

 prout fpeftat ad Anatomcn , in cxarato pifcium opt ico exterior cm quidem membra- 

 nam, in tubuli formamrcdii&imobfcrvamus; WadcoIltgandamineduHaremfub- 

 Aantiam, in mulriplices plicas circumduciam : filament a autem libera, foltita& 

 tcnfjfpiiitibi^circtitndatafcnfusnoqujquamattinyit , cum hbrtTvideantur^juafiion- 

 textxfubformainucofrplaccntul^ JiincindeinL-inbiaimcontinuatx, ut in hi* o- 

 mma fcrc iin igi lari poflimm , prxter Itamintim Kbertatfm % diftiroSioncm , & torrc 

 eoncuffionis . veltrcmoiismotum. In pcrfectioiibus autein Cerebri fubflantiainrc- 

 ftiuulisconclufa, fibrofatn licet adliuc rcrinear lutnratn , ora tamen indc Retina mu- 

 cofa valdc eft«%nfqtM cxpoCtaflpn in capilbmen:acnlpatur»fcdintenucmeon- 



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