LATORVM LVMBRICORVM. Cap.riJ. 151 

 ,, flc.Miofos iic vcluti in orbcs, aut fcmicircuJos, fados motus m 

 „omnc latusNaturadcbueiic accommoclare,quiintam planocor- 

 „ porc , ad pronum &: fupinum facilc , ad latera vero plana , abfquc 

 „corumcxtrcmitatibuscorporis&:frequentibusnodis, feu dcarti- 

 „ cuKuionibus , pcragi ncquibant. Igitur li quando in hac corporis 

 „ partc, quacrifpa habct laicra, unum latus in fpiras fc convolvit 

 „Cii torquct, oppolitum , bencficiocrifpse fuse fubftantiic , cedit, 

 », xqualiiquc rcdditur fuls exircmis in diftcntione. Atquc hinc patet 

 ,, caufa tam admirabiliuni flexuum , ut in glomi cx filo convoluti, 

 ,, fpccicm (c quandoquc formec, ubimcdicamcntorum vi, ex ho- 

 „ minis venrre totus propcllicur. Cctcriim incifuras in ^ilils vcrmi- 

 „ bus rubro colore aliquando nocatas fuiflc acccpimus. Pronura 

 „quid lit, atque fupinum , non facilc cll animadvertere , ciim 

 „utrinquc dum aquar innatac cxpanfus, aut in faxum planum aflc- 

 „ rcmve pr(ijicicur , fibi limilis fit: adibaculo, cx aqua, cxpan- 

 •,fus in liiblime attoUatur, vidcntur tantiim iatera, ab una partc, 

 „ finibus fuis concrahi , ac vehiti in fc mucuo coirc , apparetquc 

 ,^xv.nctercs. In hac iio;nra compolkus fuilfc videturi quem Wec- 

 „ kcrus in mulicrc quadam triginta quinquc annorum in Vallc Grc- 

 „goriana,obfcrvavIci quem ait lumbricum ododecim pedes lon- 

 „ gum , una cnm fxdiffimis excremcntis , cjecifTe pcr alvum , cc- 

 „ nucm, non valdc inancm , non ad amuflim tcrctcm , crailltudi- 

 „ nis Lumbrici ccrrcftris. Scd hxc figura , ut aliquotics cxperius 

 „ fum, pcrit, fi in aquam Lumbricus dcmittatur , & planam tunc, 

 „admodum fafcia^, rccipir. 



Hulc Tarnlx dcfcrlprloni fcrc omnes qu^efiioncs fubjun^ItSpiec- 

 Hus qux circa infcdi iftius nacuram movcri poiTunt, an fcilicct Tar- 

 nlafitanimal? Qusenam fit cjus gcncratio? Anunatanium,:inve- 

 r^plurcsln hominc nafcantur ? Qtia artatc gencretur? Anpariat? 

 Quamdiu vlvat? Quarnnm fintcjus figna diagnoftica & prognofti- 

 ca? Quxnam tandcm cjus curatio ? De hls vcro priusquam aga- 

 mus , an alix Txmx defcriptinncs ab aiiis Aucloribus tradantur vi- 

 dcndum. Plurcs autcm dc hujufinodi lumbrico a fc confpcdto lo- 

 cutos fuIfTc invenio, paucos vcro cfie qui cum dcfcripfcrlnt. Inrer 

 hos primus occuriic^eodtrn propcmodum tcmporequo Spigelius, 



.1 R i' : GuIicJmus 



