De rariore quodam Empyemate petforis. gor 



tacreditur, hujus empyematis fuerit caufa? an potius ab- 

 fcefius, feu empyema, ab alia plane diverfa, cum tuberculo 

 non connexa, ra-uone originem duxerit ? an prima caufamor- 

 bi non vertebris, fed pulmonibus tantum inhaeferit l an con* 

 trarium obtigerit? 



Minime incognitu& efle poteft Aphoiifm^s HIPPO- 



CRATIS (J)Ozoqc vfioi \% a^acroc* w- Grypi yivovrctj ^fo 7k'c 

 tiG , iinT^nd^ Qui gibbi ex afthmate &ut titfti fiunt antepu- 

 bertatem\ moriuntur/ Vmkum defudarunt er uditiircexpiican- 

 da fenrentia hujus AphorifmL GALENUS, optimus^ certe 

 HIPPOCRATIS inrerpres, piurima gibbera ex tuberculis , 

 vcrtebris ejjusque ligamentis infidentibus>non folum oriri 

 credidit, fed etiarn, accedente inflammatione & verfopure 

 in faniem,hanc deniquein pethis&ipfum pulmcnem ex me- 

 taflafi deftiUare,,tuflim & affbm£Ciere, pulmones- exedere, 

 ic tabem tanrdem> c^apbomfeieiir tollit, inducereoftendit* 

 Quamvis adverfus hanc interpretationem pugnent H/Vronj- 

 wwfMERCURIALIS aliique , quinon vertebras, fed pu!mo- 

 nes &: diaphragma ,. tumores primunx occupare ,, & dein , 

 refpiratione impedlta, hominem incurvari, ipinae vertebras 

 eoncutir dillrahi, emoveri & fic gibbera nafci eontendunt $ 

 tamen celeberrimus quondam PL ATNERUSjPrseceptor me* 

 us fideliflimus,cu jus rnanes adhuc veneror, GALENI fenten- 

 tiam tx Afarci Jureiii SEVERINi, I)efideriiJACmil,Ja- 

 tobi HOLLERIJ onfenfh, & prcpriis obfervationibus y cum 

 in Diflertatione de Tboracibus{k), tum etfom in le&iflima c om~ 

 mtntatione y de nis r qui ex tuberculis gilberofi fiunt(l) r pro 

 snore fuo ,do£tiflime fcilicet, defendit, & experientiia ce- 

 febcrrimorum. virorum confirmavit. 



Pp % Cer- 



(t) Libr. VI: ApSor. *<r. 



\k) §; XXIII, InOpufiHl.Tom. £§*&& 



$) Opufcul.. Tojn* II, p t *08* 



