BOOK I 



xcii) Arleries, veins ; species with neither veins nor 

 arteries ; blood ; sweat ; species whose blood 

 thickens most quickly, whose blood does not coagu- 

 late ; wliich species has the thickest blood, the 

 thinnest, none at all, none at certain seasons of the 

 year ; whether blood is dominant factor in body. 

 (xciii f.) Back ; hair and integument of back ; species 

 having hair inside mouth and under feet. (xcv-xcvii) 

 Paps ; wliich birds have paps ; noteworthy points 

 about animals' udders ; milk ; which the only animal 

 that gives suck while in motion ; biestings ; cheese ; 

 species whose milk does not form cheese ; curdled 

 milk ; kinds of food obtained from milk ; kinds of 

 cheese. (xcviii-cxiii) DifFerences in Umbs between 

 man and other animals ; the fingers ; arms ; resem- 

 blance to monkeys ; nails ; knees and thighs ; which 

 parts of human body associated with ritual ; dilated 

 veins ; gait, feet and legs ; hooves ; feet of birds ; 

 feet of animals, between 2 and 100 ; dwarfs ; genital 

 organs ; hermaphrodites ; testicles ; three kinds of 

 half-man ; tails ; voices of animals ; hmbs of 

 subsequent growth. (cxiv) Marks of vitahty and 

 character derived from conformation of hmbs in man. 

 (cxv) Respiration ; nutrition ; animals that from 

 eating poison do not die, but kill those who taste 

 them. (cxvii-ix) Causes of indigestion in rnan; 

 remedies for indigestion ; cause of corpulence, and 

 mode of reduction ; things whose taste allays hunger 

 and thirst. Total : 2700 facts, investigations and 

 obstrvations. 



Authorities : Marcus Varro, Hyginus, Scrofa, 

 Saserna, CorneHus Celsus, Aemilius Macer, Virgil, 

 Cohimella, Julius Aquila's Etruscan System, Tar- 

 quitius diito, Umbricius MeUor ditto, Cato the ex- 



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