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D. JACOBO SPONIO 



MEDIC1N/E DOCTORI , & 



Lugdimcnft Anacomico Accuratiflimo, 

 MARCELWS MALPJCHIVS S-P. 



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Ercunftanli tibi, Vir dociifllnc* ac eruditifittnc » num altquid novi 

 cdicis jam cxcrcitarionibus mcis addendum fupcrfit, cum Typogra- 

 phy* » quern innuis, didtis opufculis novatn parctlutcnurcfponluni 

 lioc cm, mc pluribus & a re literaiia alicnis dilhacttiin ncgociis tandem 

 conquicfccre* Quoniam umcnquadammihtindi&orumconfmmti- 

 oncin occurrcrc , nonmilla quoquc circa aotmaltum vifecra, qux multis abhint annk 

 (infedorum plantarumquc anaromix addiftm) utcrudancglcxcram^aahucmcarii 

 excitant phantafiatn ^ idco cumiwvamacfolcmoremexigancmdagincm, tibicom- 

 municanda duxi : utpoec qui intima ammalium vifecra fcrutando ukcrioribus aggrcf- 

 iionibus dilucidiora reddcre, clcgantiquc cruditionc exornarc prar reliqni* valca«. 

 Hare itaque li tibi, Viifunimc^ariifcrint^touRcipubHcxHtcrariarnondifplicuiilc 



putabo. 



Inter reliqua, qittdccxtcmotsdhsorganoalushabri^nonnulladcungularna- 

 tura & gcncrationcindicavirqiiarutuUcriorifruamprlucc, anatomicaobfervatione 

 veniunr. Duodccimus jam excurric annus, quo maclandum bovem luftravi cum 

 prxclariffimis Vim D. Cwh Fritafitt*, St D* Sjlytfir* Bwfihb .acuiuscolloin 

 dcxtris, ubi jugum apponieur, infigne pendebat Cornu. Hujuslongimdo decern & 

 fcx di^itonim cr affiticin arquabat, Non longc a ba(i , ubi latim crat , odo digitorum 

 latitadinein cxpJebic, Ftjut forma conica crat i&inobtufunidcduetiapiccm* non 

 nartiin vcrfut finem curvabatur, In bali ramcn> ubi collo ncftcbatur ^arftiuserar. 

 Color circa CxtrtmfcatCm fubnigcrlutidufi]uccrat,& pcrfituili? citquiun^ubbu* 

 bu!a paffim obfervatur. Exterior fupcrficics afpera crat, prxctpue abafiulquend 

 medium ; etcnim cuucula & fubicLtum rcticulare corpus <mn comemis iiarillit f 0113 



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aliU partibiii pcrpendtcularitcr attollifolcnt , ac tadus orgamjm conlHtuunt) fen- 

 fim produci inclinariquc mcipiebant, non difpari fpecie, ac in noftroium digiro- 

 rum extremitace » quiliWt propc unguium radiccm obfervarc pctclt. Papil: I 

 tur, laciniata cuticula* & reticular: corporc circumdara:» majorcm longittidincm 

 fortitxiramclinabmtur, & inviccmhircbim.&fcrnirmnabantur extremis linibtu, u: 

 fquammofum pifciutn tegument urn x nuilareittur* Circa bidmfquammofanxe cor 

 pora brcvia craat , fcnfmi veroproducebantiir & propc cunum longilfinn : [ 



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