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Exhisdub : raripotcft t an imguIxfublUntia fit fibrarumncrvcarum compares, an 

 verb additameiKum . viccin tcrens furculonim » & vaginularum , quibu* contents 

 papillxfadlius inlongum ducantur, limulquc a continuata attiitionc cuftodian- 

 tur, Ucntmquc tamen probabilecrt: fenfuscnim juJicarc vidcrur protra&as nerve- 

 as papill u c cutauco corporc per medium ungulx » it infupcr aliud incdiat inter vagi- 

 nulas, vcluti pcculiarc parcnchymi, in quo ungulxnaturaprxcipu^rclucct: undo 

 valdc congruum eft cenferc , fibras perforates , quibus navcx papillx fcnlliu foli- 

 diorcs red Jitar ad extimam ufquc fupcrficiem fcruntur » una cum mucofa , & ncrvea 

 cuficcata material qui cnata inter filtuhs fpmircplcntur, ungulxcompofitionem 

 Kmm »- conftitucrc. Hujus iinilitudincminbovinocornunonrarorcpcrimus^inqitohcan- 

 utaviftT tcs vc ' u: ' tub"' 05 ^ Cxrimiro ufquc fupcrficiem obfervamus , ita ut cornua vcluri ca- 

 pitis ungulx fine. At li lubet mcuin circa hxc fcnfLmicxponcrcbrcvibusaccipe. 

 Ex diligent! indagtnc » prout nidb fiat fenfus » & ratio , in cam veni fentcmiam > un- 

 guTm;- turn duriorem , turn molliorcm die appendiccm cuticulx , & rem > leu mavis 

 tandem can contenris papillis reliccatis ,& folidioribus (aclisqux dcorfuin inclinatx 

 cxrrcmum pedis aciiiigunt: in pennatiscnim exterior unguis cvidentcr propagaturi 

 Cttticaii cuiicula, qtix iuipfit fqimnofai fcucarsila^inofa fcrceli : &in agni pede per plurcs 

 piAttHMM dies CttCtti avulfa cutkula cum rctkulari involucre fubfequi com tnua tain ungulana 

 frutC'ar! wdt, per quam, veluii per vaginulas.cvidcnti/fitncclongabanturncrvcx papillx 1 

 (uttft* fubjefta cute enatar. Hi* acccdic ratio, nam ftcuti in aliispaittbus rctictilarc corpus 



cralfijs fir , ut in longius deducat ad exterior* papillis : probabilc eft ctiam in pedibus, 

 ubi maximum rcquircbatur tutamen, folidefccntceoJcm, ifccuticulacuftodiri, & 

 dum mente lixcpcrvolverem>placun iterum lingua! cornua in bovc prxcipuecarti- 

 lagtnofa accuratiori indaginc rimari. Hxc itaque laccrationc fa&a fcparantur a papil- 

 lis illi* erandioribus gultaruibustamcnminoribus, qua* appendices aliquaspromerc 

 alias dtTcripfijOCcurrentcscornuumradicibus j undccolleei cornua efle vclurungulas 

 miniuus compoliras extcriori , inquam, tnvo!ucro& reticular* forporc; nam in ra* 

 dicibus dum evclluntuicornua , reus circumambiens portio laccratur ; infupcr pet 

 recCj vcluti per protraftasfiftulaspropagari video nervcasillaspaptllas, hoc eft, libra- 

 larum ininimarum lafciculum , qui foliaior redditus velut alteram ungucm componit, 

 Nccreluftatur exterior figurxfimilitudo, fcorganizatto, nam ,ut alias lubui, unuin- 

 quodquc cornu eft vcluti virgulanicn plexus. 



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Ncc improbabilia forti hxc mea , licet inania , cogitata judicabis , ft pcrpctuam 

 fcalpcndi fuperiora comemplcris ncccflitacem , ut mucolitas c palatinis glandulis cx- 

 primatiK, & mtninatio facilior, & fecuriorcontingat i his namquc vcluti carminatorio 

 peJtinc t vtl falcctn multiplicibus uoguibus miccrata cibaria in frultulalaccrari» & 

 comminui po(Tunt.Viarumcnim t & reccptaculorum afperitatem, hujufnuc neceffita- 

 ™/ a " tern fufficientcr probavitinfignisF*itf 4 -<M^i;ffldfflrf »&huraana infupcrfirmant 

 1 inrumuiuione: in ventriculo eniui di(Tc£li ruminantis hominiMnternamfupcrfrcicm 

 valdi afperam obfervavit, qinn Sc in ruminantis parte (lufilTcNaturamcrcdcsJdu- 

 liQlnumcomicuIumcrufiflcaarrat, Hisaddcrc potciu ex continua auritionc.rc- 



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