LATORUM LUUBKICOKV M Cap. XK 387 



tonico , vcl ab Abfinthio, Ixdi, iteratis cxpcrimcnris , cdodiis fum. 

 Pjraco nimirum hujufce herbx, ctiara cxficcatx , forri decod:o> 

 ah'quot in ipfum conjcci Lumbricos, qui inrra duas, trcs, quatuor- 

 vc, ad fummum , horas , poftquam violcntillimis convulfivis mo- 

 tibus diu jacVati fuilTcnc . &: tora cuticula abrafa cfrec, omnes pe- 

 ricrc. Odora quidcm cft EnuU Campafid radix , fed ejus amaritics 

 odorem multura fupcrarc vidcturi in ejus tamcn dccodo injedos 

 viv.nces vegetofquc lumbricos , intra quatuor vel quinquc horas, 

 mortuos. &: cuticula paiircr nudatos invcni. Potcntidimc iraque in 

 Lumbricos agunc amara ifta, Fatcndura camcn cft in amaris qui- 

 bufdam aliis pcnicus inodoris eandera a me compcrtara non cfTe 

 facuhatcm. Dc Aloc quid cxpertus fit ClariiTimus Rcdi , mod6 

 vidimus ; ncquc ipfo CentAiirium mintu ^ quod , proptcr inrcnfara 

 amarificm, feiterrst a quibufdam didum cfl;, in Vermcs fortius 

 agcre compcri i hos fiquidcm in plancx iftius decoclo immcrfos, 

 poH: crcs inrcgros dics clapfos . vivos inveni; etiamfi cucicula fta- 

 tim fcre fpoliati fuiffcnc , qualc quid de Lumbricis in Alocs infu- 

 lionem conjcdis obfcrvavic Rcdi. 



Scd fi amarorura intcr fe ea fir, hoc noralnc, diffcrentia, non 

 minus a fe inviccra divcrfa funt quac odore fuo , five raultie five 

 paucx amacitici junclo, nares feriunt. Dc Abfinthio, & Scrainc 

 Santonico , qua: hujus gcncris funt, actura cft. Inrcr alia odora 

 amaraque iJMcntham advcrfus vcrmes irapensc coramendari non 

 ignorant qui, practcr Diofcoridcra, aliofque Vcccrcs Au6lores, 

 hos Salcrniranac Scholx verficulos lcgeruntj 

 Mentitur X'entha fi fit dcpe/lere lenta 

 Ventris lumhricos^flomuhi J'ermef(jue nocivos. 



Hanc rcvera lurabricos terrcnos occidere cxpcrtus fum, fcdqui 

 in cjus decocto , per horas circitcr viginti , imraerfi fuiffcnt, ita uc 

 cjus vires ex Abfinthii viribus menfurari ferrac pollinr. Sicca qui- 

 dera flicrc Mcnthx folia quibus , in co tcncaminc facicndo, ufus 

 fum, Aucomni fciliccc cempore ; fieriquc poteft uc recentlum fo- 

 liorum fortior fit vis. Sicca itcm adhibui Ahrotani ^ maris, feminse- 

 que , folia, quorura idcra penc fuic cfFcclus ; ncc muhurn difpar 

 vifa cft ChamomilU ilorura decocli a£lio. At cjufmodi hcrbarum 



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