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Chfervatio IIU 



OBSERVATIO III. 

 D. CHRISTIANI MENTZELII, 



De 



Alces monftrofo partu & gratitudine 

 inhomines. 



\ Rutorum in homincs gracicudinis exempla Plinius & 



I lurbem Plin.Lio.c. 5, Simile quid de IeoneI.8.c.i6. 



referc. Homineanimalium pr^ftantiflijnofepiuserga 

 benefadorem fuum ingraco exiftencc. Apparuic cale qutd- 

 piam nuper , pr^terica hujus 1686. anni ^ftace circaPocsda- 

 mum in Alce foemina. Hujus animalis nacales BorujfTice ne- 

 mora imprimis func, ex quibus cum Screnijf. EkSlor nofter 

 aliquoc animalia in Marchiam Brandenb. & in fpecie Pocsda- 

 mum adalceram (uamregiamafferrijufTiflec, utibiinnemo- 

 ribus & cheriotrophiis alerencur & generentur , unaearum, 

 cum difficili parcu fe laborarejfencirec, miffis nemorumlace- 

 bris, adviampublicamnonprocuIaPocsdamo decubuicj, uc 

 opemhumanam, neceflicace fic jubence, acquirerec. Prx- 

 tereunc quaedam mulieres, miferam alcem laboriose parcu- 

 riencem afpiciences, cum animal fe in pedes conjicere pror- 

 (iis in validum eflec ac miierrimo incuitu opem pofcerec, Ac- 

 curric quasdam mulierum miferam animalis fbrcemmiferaca, 

 manum adhibec obftecricem , & excrahic ex ucero alces partum 

 mortuum & monftrofum : gemellas nempe , u no capite & pe- 

 €tore conjunftas, reliquis membris & arcubus feparatim ex- 

 iftentibus,vid. jF/g-. //^. qualem monftrofiim parcum Epheme- 

 ridcs noftraeO^/'^. Anni t).& lo.Vec. /.inagno, iaohl, 102. An- 

 ni 2. Dec. 2. in homine quoque exhibenc , adeo uc monftra ea- 

 dem aeque a brutis quam homine faco fuo evenianc. Partu 

 hoc monftrofb opehumanafic inlucem cdico, Alce (Germa- 



nis 



