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MARCELLUS MALP1GH1US 



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paMiiibus acciiit: &: licet analogo plantarum exemplo confirmarc, non defunt 

 coninniles adamuflim Aruflurx in fibiis vhis , aliarumque aiboium , & plantarum 

 corticem componcmibus , in bulbofis item planus, & in rapis,&; fimilibus, incau- 

 dicc paritcr, & foliis opunlix ficus, reticularis fibranim propa^atio undequaque 

 ncrveamm fibrarum inccrebro, cercbcllo, &fpinai:nplicaiioni limilisobfervatur* 

 Et quoniam teitum proculdubioeA, plantarum fibrashunc rencularcm plexuin cf- 

 lomuntcsvafonimnaturamfoniri»cftm&:fuccuincmittanr, & perforata lint^idco 

 tonfequenter philofophandum erit in noAris ncc vcis hbruJis , feu vafculis, quorum 

 propagincin confimili nictkodo natura molieur. 



Exitux iinpticationiscaufxsexponcrcdiAiciUimutncAincnijninrupercquiTaiio- 

 '■v adinvieem hiantii ...Ivl-iin atringercmus, nobisplufafpcculandianfacatberc- 

 tur % locufquc dubitandi cllec hue fa<3um ad intimiorcm mifccllam > 3c novain aJjpra- 

 utiunem in dclato fucco , quuniam tamen fenfus fupetias ferre ocqmt , ided folcmo 

 nbus altorum fpcculationibus ilia commtmmus, unum brcvillimc alias expolitum 

 iirmaticcs , totam albam cercbii & ccrcbcllifubftatuiaoi , vulgariccrmcditllam di- 

 cfcam, congeriem cflc fibfiruai* fcu vaftulorum, qux a caudicefpinatis medulla; 

 bine indc tortuosc vcluti reflcxa folia ctrcumdufla , cantata , 8c anfnftus cftbnnanr, 

 U tandem in proprii* glandulis Cerebri & ccrcbelli corticem , & gyros conftitticmi- 

 bus s alris radicibus imputantur. 



Ncrvcarum fibrarum plexus, Sc congmentatio in ccrcbclloramofasarbofcsre- 

 ferunt > a Cwtcfio , & aliis deferiptas, quod criam adamullim in cercbro a natura tcn- 

 GtCUm repcrio: li enim cerebri gyrtcumconrcntocorticcpcrtranfverfumfeccntur* 

 vcl lacerenturi confimilis arborisfiguracum cominuatis ramis,appcnfaqucconkc 

 deprebenditur : hoc tacilliinc tibi oceurrctfeftototo cercbro tranfvcrfujn»vclcjuj 

 Imgulispartibus. 



Tanta cAtibrarum, feu ncrvcorinn vafculorum diAinSio in toto cerebri, Scce- 

 rcbclli traftu & prxcipuc in ventriculis pifciutn, pennatorum, &rcrrcAriuinctt- 

 am pcrfc&orum animaltuni, ut nulla major excogitari po(Iic,cum intenncdix ad- 

 iint confpicaT intercapedincs » & vafa eriam fangtiinca fuis ramis uftcritks produ- 

 €ti$ t vcluti indicc dcmonArent ipfarum intcrvalla^ ex tjuibus omnibus clicipotcft 

 conjoftura ad infirmandum Vehbufi opinionem, <]ui ex chymicormn opcribusce* 

 rcbrum fpongrx afliniilat> ut fpirimum animalium deficcatio in codem comingat : 

 nam licet in ecrcbro reticularis adlit fibrarum impficaODt non tamendeferendu^ 

 humor |^wn filamcntorum externa adbarfione, mediaque implicationc attenua- 

 iur f & alicna relimjuit^ ut in fpongiis accidit; totumenimfe^arandi .depurandt- 

 que niiniAcrimit intim3 glandularuni conicalium ftraclura pcrticitur, &cav«,h- 

 Aulosasquc fibras , mox c glandulis egrcfliis fubic humor ut in fubjeftas partes, pro 

 divcriis muneribus exequendis , continuato tramitc demandetur , ficut in Airpmm fi* 

 Aulis accidcrc fupctius innuimusiiuutrcitcularis ilia fibrarumimplicatio fit neecf- 

 faria quatdam valorum proptictas, quatenus ferunt alimoniam, vcl aliud confiinj'c 

 pnncipiuur, non veto altetius fuperioiis corporis extra duftuum naturam cooftio 



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