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D F. 



POLYPO CORDIS 



DISSERTATIO 



Oibafasconftitutionrs, qins Nature ludcntis » vcl vi moibiab- 

 enantii frequenter in animalium corporibas excitatas miramur, 

 plutimum liters pro iimanda cjufdem genuina operandi nor- 

 ma * Sc mcthodo conferre perpctuo crcdidi , quandam cnim ma- 

 teria: ncccflitatcm > & dctcfminanm inciinationcm demon- 

 firant t qux in compingenda animalium mole cluccfcit » ita ut 

 monftra, cxien'quecrrorcsfaciliusj & tutius noflram crudiant inlipicntiam, quam uonrtacts 



mirabilo * & rcrpoIitxNaturxmKhinx: hinc plura didicit prarfcm hoc farculum t«i*r»*«<»* 

 *+ * r i- * ** • n_. R1 fad** 



suani 





infccla, pifecs, prinuquc & rudia nafcentium animalium (lamina lullrans , q 

 amcactx prifcorum xtatcs circa fola pcrfcftorum corpora folicitxp Inter ea, qux fnjdjnn* 

 non raro in cadavcribus comprodufta > vt morbi occurrunt , jion infimum libi vin- IJi^Tqoi 

 dicat locum Polypus > urpotc qui ftmcftiflimosconcomitaur moibos, & corporis, 

 rcgiam tencat , & cujusindagincaliqua forte adhucobfcuradilucidaripoflint. Scio ^™£ 

 Polyporum generationem in cordc Prarclariflioiorum Burtfotttti > Tutf\i> Bjitbtliai » 

 & aliorum fedula patuifle induftria , multique ctiam dc ipfius caufis cvarata extarc , 

 prarcipuc a clariflimo PiftinQt tta ut irritusfurwus fit illc conatus * pro faciliori tamen 

 rcritarisinvcIttgarioncliccbitlixcpaLKa addidillc. 



Polypi nomen a fubflamir pifcis Ilmilicudine ortura « peculiar! cuidamtumorim ^W 

 naribus excitaro adaptari ccepit > donee obfervata quadam in prarcordiis luxunantc 

 materia, novas hie cordis* Sc vafonim morbus hominum mentes ad fe trahcrc 

 cctpit , qm licet fuperioribus fxculis fefe in fcCtionibus obtulcrit , ncglcftus tamen 

 delituit. Polyporum figurara&iconcs graphtcc defcripti occurrunt iT«/^i & g^. 

 BirtMm } & licet utplurimum clongatis multtplicibus > & oblongis pedibus cordis 

 ventriculos, & adjaccntium vaforum cavitarcm quad rcplcat, varium tamen iitum 

 nancifcirur, &rudem ctiam configurationcm; intcrdumenim > placentitis inftar* 

 vcntriculorum medictatcm occupat , & dongatisramofis produciionibus per venas , 

 fcarccriashinc indc excurrcnti fanguini prarbct fpatium> imcrdum tamcn> utin 

 cadavcrcNobiIi(fimi& RcligiofiiBmi ]uvcnisob!crvavi> ita circa cordis columnas, 

 & carnofos laccrtos harrct > & quad radicibus implantatur » ut alccnim vcntriculum 

 inrra cordis claultracfformaiiimdicas, Talemhabetdenlitatem> &contmuttatcni> 

 ut intra it rcccptum , per foramen ab auricula > fangmncm > vi circumllantis cor- 

 dis ipfum 



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