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De Viper^ Natura 



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m^o 



tatis, Viperarum carnCjUt cilcndajiadlsjyLe- 

 dicus.0jccuriiret. Scribitcnim lib. 4, de Abiii- 

 nentia ab efu animalium Porpliyrius:irrvnm 

 Crateris Medici, dumimmaniflimalepraJa- 

 boraret^& carncs ollibus abfcedercnt,pota^ 

 vino inquo viia eft Vipera mortua, ftatim 

 convaluiflc.RefertctiamPlinius lib. 30. Mu- 

 fam Medicum illunifingulare Augufti tcm- 

 poribus Rom^ in peflima ulcera incidiilc , 

 carnes cnim uti^j ab oflibus ablcedebat,mul- 

 tis fruftra adhibitis mcdicamentis tandcm 

 pr^paratas Vipcras ei dediflc teftatur, &: mira 

 celeritatc perfanatum.. Eccc igitur folutioni 

 vcncnata^ continuitatiSjCtiam fi fcrro vcne- 

 nato contingeret,,rationabiIitcr Vipcra^ caro 

 fuccurretjquonfammatcriamjquxunioncm 

 partium difjungit, cxtra corpus pellit^in totu 

 naturaipia unit j. ablato impedimcnto , tuto 

 &:celeritercfiicit., 



OVI BVS <^TORBIS AN- 



tiqm carne Viperina titerentur^Au- 



£tortimfententtJi . 



Capv XXIII.. 

 EMOCRiTusAbdcritamoftra 

 ex Vipcra faccrc pollicetur, ut 

 avium fermones intcHigantur . 

 PliniusAud:oreftIib,i9.cap.(^, 



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