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14 o CAROLUS FRACASSATUS 



qua tenellam illam fubftantiam derincant r utrobiqucfitad illas fuccincrvci , 8c fen 

 concrefciW lis *ippull!sjc vafis dectdur incorcicis(inibiw;Iicacrcdcrcpo(Iimui,cum 

 • n- pturima rafa incdullam fubcant , cpz quanuuuvis minima oculus attingh > & Cerebri 

 f"£*fcffioncfui indices cvom 



medulla?, ncc rant tim in corticc,feparari. Scd ultra pcrgcrc libct : duariftafubflam:** 

 me cranio clauduntur, coiticalisncmpcilla, & cincrca.ac incdulbiis untie nam 

 cam in farm caput vcluti vcfica iluxilifcrodilkndatur, inducrcpotucrumtam di- 

 vcrfos^cinfociabilcscolorcs, &conrranumfoIiditathnancifctinodum, cum cor- 

 tex friabilrsvaldc (it, medulla vera compaftior? Chymicis pcrhibetur, a copiofo 

 falc ofla folidcfccre: quo rcccpro, fi cranium totum oflcum redditur , oportct, io 

 fero iIIo,qupipfum opplctur* multum falis nidulari, 8c confequcnter » dum flac- 

 ccfcitmambirucontcnti ltquortsmotus^inos lenfiin comprehend! ; pars vcroiftius 

 fucci concrcfcibilis, quar propriorcftmcrnbranis, quasplurimaalluuntvafa, con- 

 crefcit & ipfa \ vcrum cum vafa hxc fanguinis plurimum vchant , qui nullibi rccre- 

 memis fpoliatus, cum a trunco prodcat afcendenti, qui nulla claboratoria haber* 

 quibus ferum aqucum, bills, & nujufecmodi amovcanrtir, irrigant ipfa fubjcftiun 

 corticcm* vcluti pcrftillicidia; inde cortex ab aquco, nempefero, t:uit>&friabi- 

 c*n« «rc* Icm compa^cm obtinct > & a fiifis > ac deciduis falibus medulla ipsa magis frlfus rcd- 

 fJKum dilur > ut '*P* ( um pCtlcKtaeot; ultcrius falcs ipli, cortice defecatiores reddict, 

 »tju!t progredt fcrum in mcdullain vetuti coaj*u!o dctinent; ita ferum fanguinis extra- 

 ct! , infufo vitriolo > fulphuris nempc tllius fale fufo > m album , ac folidiu* 

 vcluti he cohere poflumus. Remanct cavitas vcntriculorum , quorum fpatium 8c 

 acr illuc collcAus turtur ,& plexus choroidci micatio adjuvans illiusclatcrcm; poJTU 

 bills crgocll , ut reor , fubftanrix cerebri hac drataxi confonnatio > ni ab imcrioribus 

 t " cxtcriora ordincm hunc prxpollcrum libcat profequi , ubi idco cortex deeft , quia 



ptentcto- P^xus choroidci glandular adfunt, qua: facile rcdundantcaquco fero imbui poflunr t 

 ■wdti cjtiod revchi in aliam corporis provinciam debet. Dum hanc tux cpiltolx rcfponlro- 

 ncm meditarer , fufpendiofus in Pifani Athene! Anatomicum theatrum illarus publi- 

 cs anatomcsobtulcrat tY%t'p*iQ v > cuiScrcmfT M.D, dementia deftinabar, rcli- 

 quarumpaniumabfolurafeflione, fupcrcrat rcferandum caput > idco oflco concfavi 

 apcrto, ita ut cerebrum totum cxtrahi police » dumtpfc fuccincrvci ordircrhifto- 

 riain, & W//i/jjwH«if)'(lemacxantlarcm t feflionis comes , fuperato membranarum 

 obtcc* &caliofo divifo corporCt vcntriculorumfacicmtotam ob oculos pofueratj 

 plexus choroidcu^ fupra quain confuefcat inveniri a bafi vcntriculorumin quendam 

 tumorcm fufcirabatur • fcftormolemmiratuscarpitrimaii, unde nam id arccriarum 

 ^^ plexus illenafluselTct; cum igitur a fundo vcntnculoruni,cuiinnitcbaturcxtollerc- 

 4* fei c^r* ttir > ftcculus qutdain concrcto fero rcplctus dcprchcndcbatuc ^ qinre rem prxter 

 ■juftlaili nwuram»«C obfervandam inculcans, ad ilium converfus feri concrcfcibilis cxiften- 

 tram negabamt claiiori cxcniplopotuillcilluftrari j dilaitimtamen fuit ad ponicn- 

 dianamlcflionrmreligiofiuscxamenjnirandi plexus; acccileramfub vefperas ilium 

 oRcnfinus , ac , ut etiam thcoria altqua profequerer, dum manus admovco » & illTO- 

 lucraadcunoilunrcnaatollo, ncn visrcus D utamc humor illimis> acfplcndcfccns 



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