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tura, Moufettus non accepit, fed ab aliis fperat lucem, quae utrumque 

 monftret. fVeckerum Amphisbanam anguem, capite indifcreto cau- 

 da truncata pro lumbrico fumfiiTe, dubio haud caret: quod (com- 

 ment. Mmm) jam monuimus. Dari autem vel Scytalen vel Am- 

 phisbinam five terreftres, five aquaticas, longitudine 20. pedum, 

 hallucinationem fapit. 

 (£7w«)Paucis Prifcorum vermis fuit cognitus. Recentiores eundem variis 

 titulis falutant: Germani aliquando: QBajFcrfafl)/ vitulus aquaticus: 

 ratio denominationis alia dari non poteft, nifi quod vituli nonnunquam 

 cum aqua bibant, etiam periculo vitse. Eft inftar Setce tenuis, cubi- 

 talis, ut reCte fcribit Albcrt us , quoque longitudinis, durus; nifi bene 

 fisoculatus, parum differt utraque extremitate. Anno 1750. Ver- 

 mem d. 10. Junii in ConfefTu Societatis Gedanenfis , ex Coenobio Car- 

 thufiae noftrae ad me miiTum monftravi; nullae in corpore incifiones, 

 fed laeviilimus fuit; ambae extremitates parumper fufcefcebant, reli- 

 quum corpus coloris fetae chelys. Aldrovandus & nigricantem vidit. 

 Inrerdiu aeque ac noclii in continuo erat motu, longitudine duos pedes 

 fuperans ; raro vidi fpatio fex feptimanarum inltar nodi Gordii intri- 

 catum, ut vel tribus in locis nodi eleganrer ducli apparuerint; artifi- 

 ciofe tamen eosdem refolvere feque extricare didicit. Cauda a capi- 

 te diftincta, quod illa leviter bifida extremitate nonnihil curvata, ca- 

 pitulum vero parvum, rotundum, ore circulari perexiguo. Mira fa- 

 cilitate os ad latera lagense applicavit, quoties, torquendo caudam, 

 pofteriori corporis parte flexus indefinentes & vibrationes peragere & 

 anteriorem corporis partem quiefcentem fuftinere ipfi volupe fuit. Gui~ 

 neenfes haufla aqua ex fimili verme gravifiimum contrahunt morbum, 

 cum tandem corporis partes mufculofas perforat. De eo & de re- . 

 mediis vid. Sloane Jam. Introd. p. cxxvi. & in Addit. p. 350. figuram 

 t. 233. f. 1. conf. Kdmpf Amoen. p. 524. Lift. Tranf Ang!. N°. 

 225. p. 417. Account of the long worm, which is troubiefome to 

 the Inhabitants in the Eaft- Indies, between Gomroon and Schiraz. 

 Linn. Fauna Su. J. 1265. & Aldrov. p. 721.; Ex Hift. Nat. Barba- 

 denfl (Nat. Ilift. of Barbados) G. Hugbefii, quae nuperrime 1750. 

 lucem vidit, haec habeto: „ Other cutaneous Disorders by the Gui- 

 ,, ney Worms and Ciegoes, called Cbiggers. Thele worms are gene- 

 „ rally bred in ponds of ftagnant frefli waters , and it is fuppofed , 

 „ that they enter oftener in by the Pores of the Skin , than by drin- 

 „ king the water: for thofe who moft frequently bath in fuch ponds, 

 ,, are ofteneft troubled with them. They are exceeding long, in 

 ,, refpecl: to their great Exility and Thinnefs; and are eafily obferved, 

 „ when fome of that wateris mingled in a Glafs with fome other mo- 

 „ re transparent water. Dr. Cambk had one of thefe, wich meafu- 



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