EORUMQ\'E NUMERO. Yt 



De Coracino lapide vid. Aldrov. Muf. Metall. p. joj. & Mifcii Mofcardo 

 p./^o. ibi: „Ncl capo del Pelce CoiMzzina, o Corvo detto da Venc- 



•„tiani, trovafi una pietra dal nome proprio ctiiamata, di bianco colore, 

 „e di varie fornie gioua alli dolori dc gl inteflini,, confer. Muf. Cc.l- 



ceol.p.^6. &i P. 'Jovium ad fu. Cap. VI 11. hic: ,,ln Coracini capitc 



„lapillus invenifur, qvem puerorum collo pro amuletis fu/penlijm regio 

 „morbo adverfari, ignobiles qvidam autorcs tradiderunt.,, De Au- 



ratse & Dentalispifcium lapidibus vid. rurlijs Aldrov. all. l. Sic qvoqve ve- 

 terum GemmaE Draconitjc, Saurita: &c. prout Synodontidx funt pilcium 

 lapilli, nimirum Draconis, Sauri &c. In Tiburonum capitibus lapidcs in- 

 veniri teftatur Illuftr. Hans Sloaiie Voy. lo Jamaica I. p. zj. circa fn.pagin(t : 

 „The Stones in theHcadof this fish are good fbr thofe who cannot make 

 „water, and for pain in theLiver, xim. Rochefort calls rhele iloncs their 

 „(Sharks) Cervelle.,, Mufeiim Mofcardi p. r^o. & Muf. Calccolaria- 



nujnp.^S. unicum lapiden) in capite Tiburonum agnofcere videntur; in 

 illo enim feqventia: „Trovafi una pietra nel capo del Pefce Tiburone 



„del mar indico, c di color biancocon concava da una parte,, i« Cal- 



teol. M;//r leguntur haec : „Lapis fatis magnus, in colore albicans, 



„in pondere gravis & ex parte concavus , qvcn) li ?,uflaveris, infipidum di- 

 „ces.„ Ejusmodi lapidem a Calceolario dclcriprum nadi lumus ab 



Amico exMofcovia reduce, qvi pondus VI. ^ iiiperat; ur filentio praete- 

 reamus Percarum lapides, Pharmacopolis familiarcs, Carpionum fpurios, 

 flve triqverras Cartilagines, qvae & in aliorum pilcium faucibus, varianti- 

 bus faltim figuris, five triangulari, five lenti-formi, five ovali, utrinqve 

 convexa, fimilibusve ofFenduntur, &pIuresaIio?. Hocfaltim adhuc mone- 

 mus, nemini laudatorum autorum plures, qvam duos pifcium lapillos, 

 iive unicum par innotuiffe. Neqve recentiorcs, & inter hos Welfchius 6c 

 BromelHus de pliiribus folliciti fucrunt; ille Hccar. I. Obf XXVUI. in cy- 

 prinis geminos, totidem in percis, muflelis fluviatilibus, capitonibus, in 

 Chryfophrye marina , Thymallis & in fundulis obfervavit; BromcUius vero 

 in A&. Litt. Suec. An. lyzj.p.dj. non folum Catalogum reliqvit pifcium, 

 qvorum lapides collegerat, verum etiam eorundem Examen ffudiole coni- 

 niendavit feqvcntibus : „Intcr negledas diuqve defideratas Lithogra- 



5,phias noflrae partes Hifloria Idyolithorum haud immerito cenferi debet; 

 „five enim originem eorum & generationis raodum, fiveufum ac virtutem 

 „medicam refpicias, utrumqve ignotum eft, & a nemine huc usqvam, 

 „qvod fciam, rite cxaminatum. Per Idtyoiithos autem intelligo — gemi- 

 „nos qvosdam exiguos & candidos lapillos, qvi inter plerorumqvc pifci- 

 „um Crania generantur , & ratione coloris & fubftantix lapideae inter fe con- 

 „veniunt, fed figura atqve magnitudine inter fe differunt &c.„ Wil- 



lughbejus, lapillos Cranii ef} prxtergrefrus ; Artedus in Fhil. lehthyol. p.jg. 

 in capite Perca^ fluviatilis Belloaii duo OfTicula oblonga, plana (Scdura.leu 

 lapidefcentia invenit. B 2 §. XVIII. 



