SECf. IV. EJUS PH^NOMENA. 235 



nique , vehementiori neirpe infpiratione , folo fsepc utimur cliaphragmate , 

 colHsinmotis iq). Quarein fummonixu idcm nonnunquam rumpitur (r). 



Quare ex vitiis diaphragmatis fohus refpiratio vehementcr 1-^ditur, ctfi 

 pe6lus integrum fuperell:. Cum turunda diaphragma comprimerct, seger 

 exfpiranti proximus fuit, convaluit Idem, cum eadem extraheretur (j). 

 Animi dehquium funellum ingruit, cum feptum tranfverfum abfccflu 6c 

 aquofis veficulis infeftarctur ( t) : A folhculo aquse uncias 40. continente , 

 qui diaphragmatis appendices comprimebat , relpiratio difiicihs (^O- Dif- 

 liciiis fpiritus ab omento pingui (x), mefentcrii glanduhs fcinhofs (^) 

 adnato jecore (z), & tumoribus hepatis & henis(z")- In cquis fre- 

 quens afthma a tenuitate nimia diaphragmatis nafcirur , cujus hbia; co in 

 ftatu peneinmembranaceamnaturam degcncrarit(^). Scpto dcn.un. tranf- 

 verfo deleto refpiratio deftruitur (a*). A lacerato diaphragmate fubita 

 mors in equis fuccedit (^) 6c a lacerato nervo ph;enico (c). Etiam 

 folus fuus di.iphragmati non favens refpirationem difhcilem reddit, 

 quando vifccra abdominis pondere fuo in id feptum nituntur, ut in ho- 

 minefupino, cui pedes prcpendent Qd). 



Plus , quam coftas , diaphragma ad infpirationem facere , nuper adgno- 

 vit Francifcus Boissier (c), eademque eft cbfervatio mea (/). Cum enim 

 pe£las vix fupra duas lineas ddatetur (/*), & totius pedloris diameter 

 in iisdem corporibus fit omnino 8^ polhcum , dilatatio pe£loiisunivcrfa 



erit 



(^) Idem p. 68. 



( »•) Mtm. dc lAcad. des fcienc, 1733. p. 513; 



(j)Ciucci apud S AN c ASSA NUM ofc/. h/i. r;/«#/j, T. III, 



it) V/ 1 L L I s anim. brutor. p. 313. 



(k) Kerkring obf. 89. 



{x\ K H O D. Crnt. II. obf. 24. 



{y ) Ibid. obl". ZJ. 



(z^TABARRANt Obf. I I . p, 1 J. 



( 2* ) G A L E N. de tiiil. rJf^ir. L. I. II. H A D L E y p. 72. S I n A c Mcni, de 1'Acad. 

 1719. p. 130. 



(a) GlBSON anat. ofthe fiorfe p. 48. 149. 



( «* ) T E R U S T O N p. 43 . 



(i) GiBSON p. 391. Mem. di l'Acad. des fciene. I7 J 3 . 1, c. 



( c) BlRCE T. T. p. ^Oi). 



( rf ) G u N z deftnt fariint- p. JZ, 



(e) De rifpir. difficil. p. 14. 



(/)Exp. H. I 



(/*)Lxp. i. p. 117. » 



Haller Fhyfolog. Tom. IIL 6 g 



