CAPITE RAJ£. 35 



Jam confideratis fkCetaceorum, & Cartilagineormn , & Spinofb- 

 rum, qvi vocantur, Pifcium Organis Auditus, eorundemqve iedibus , pa- 

 lam fir, in illis Gngulorum genera a fe invicem difTerre& ftrucftura & iub- 

 ftantia. Erenim CETACEI pilces, qvorum fcelera funr vere ofiea , & 

 terro refpedlu cum arboribus vcris & mere lignofis comparari poflunt, 

 gaudenr, ad inflar aliorum animalium, & offibus vere perrofis, & organis 

 audirus vcre ofleis; Pifces aurem CARTILAG INEI, qvorum fceleta 

 funr carrilaginofa & fumme elafiica, conferendacum plantis marinis, qvae 

 Kerarophyta audiunr, habent, loco oflis petrofi, iimile qvid cartilagine- 

 um , & organa auditus fubftantiae tartareae, friabilis, vel nimia macera- 

 tioue iblvendse; Pifccs demum qvi dicuntur SPINOSI, qvorum Scelcta 

 affinitarem habent cum plantis marinis, fubflantia Coralliis affine, fovent 

 fere lapidea auditus organa, coralliis qvodammodo aemula, vel ad porcel- 

 lanae compofitam materiam proxime accedentia. 



Ex antea dic~tis etiam patebit Cartilagineorum Iapillos circumfpe- 

 $e efle tradandos, & cavendum eft, ne cranium ante aqvaead maceratio- 

 nem, nedum ad longum tempus, committatur, qvam Iapilli, qvos fecta- 

 ris, deprehenfi fuerint; Hi nihilominus laeviter digitis tangcndi , ne vel 

 in pulvcrem vel minimum in particulas abiant ; ultimum in ofle orbieular 

 Sturionis expertus fum. 



RELIGIO MEDICL 



Eigbth Edit. p. y. 



Thc world was made to be inhabited by Beafls, but fludied and 

 ijbntemplated by Man : 'tis the Debt of our Reafon we owe unto God, and 

 the Homage we pay him for not being Beafls. 



