CAPITE RAJ^. 35 



Jsm couRdcratls ^Cetnceorim, & Cartilagmeorum, & Spinafo- 

 rum, qvi vocantur, yifcium Organis Auditus, eorundemqve leclibus , pa- 

 lam fit, in illis fingulorum genern a fc invicem diflPerre & ftrudura & lub- 

 flantia. Etenim CETACEI^Wcqs, qvorum fceleta funt vere ofTea, & 

 certo relpedtu cum arboribus vcris & merc lignoiis comparari poffunt, 

 gaudent, ad inflar aliorum animalium, & oflibus vere petrofis, & organis 

 auditus vere ofleisj Pifces autem CAK TILAG INEI, qvorum Iccleta 

 funt cartilaginofa & lumme elallica, conferenda cum plantis marinis, qvz 

 Keratophyta audiunt, habent, loco ofTis pctrofi, fimile qvid cartilagine- 

 ura , & organa auditus fubflantix tartareac, friabilis, vel nimia macera- 

 tione iblvends; Pifces demum qvi dicuntur SPINOSI, qvorum Scelcta 

 affinitatem habent cum plantis marinis, llibflantia Coralliis affinc, fovenc 

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

 lanx compofitam materiam proxime accedcntia. 



Ex antea didis etiam patebit Cartilagineonim lapiTlos circumfpe- 

 fle efTe tradandos, & cavendum eft, ne cranium ante aqvaead maceratio- 

 nem, nedum ad longum tempus , committatur, qvamlapilli, qyos fcda- 

 ,ris, deprehenfi fuerint ; Hi nihilominus Isviter digitis tangendi , ne vel 

 in pulverem vel minimum in particulas abiant j ultinium in ofTe orbicular 

 Sturionis expertus fum. 



RELIGIO MEDICL 



EJghth Edit. p. 7, 



Thc world was macfe cobe inhabitedby Beafls, but fludied' and 

 contempTated by Man : 'tis the Debt of our Reafon we owe unto God, an4 

 the Honiage we pay him for not being Beafts. 



