mencia>nam quidam pun&i fentiunc , quidam non, nonnui- 

 nullis faculcacesprincipes falvaefunc,quibusdamla;fe, quidam 

 libere refpiranc, alii difficulcer : hinc diftinguenda Cacalepfis 

 perfe&a abimperfedta> confummaca aleviore. 



Caufa foporoforum affe&uum in genere defumi poceft 

 ex cognicione caufarum fbmni juxca nacuras infticucum fefe 

 habencis: nam ficuci fomnus nacuralis ex fuavibus alim^nco- 

 rumexhalationibusoriginemducic, ica eccncrario nonnacu- 

 ralis ex fuperfluis ac non nacuralibus excremenciciorum (ucco- 

 rum evaporacionibusprocreacur. 



In fpecieComacis fbmnolenti caufa func vapores ac ha- 

 licus non nacurales ad cerebrum nervosque delaci, Spiritus- 

 que animales ica afficiences, uc ad influxum in organa fenfus 

 acmocus inepciefficiancur: & hocpraftanc vel quancitace ni- 

 mia, vel qualicace noxia. 



Carocici mali caufa vera eft vehemens Spiricuum ani- 

 malium oppreflio a caufis vel excra vel incra nervos exiften- 

 tibus indu&a, uci eft valida &excrinfeca nervorum compreC 

 fioy quandocafu vel i&ucaWariacumcerebrodeprimicur, ut 

 nervis incumbanc ac premanc>. anguftosque reddanc, ac ica 

 liber Spiricibus animalibus influxus pnecludacur : incra ner- 

 vos vero concingic animalium Spirituum oppreffio ex halici- 

 buscopiofis five frigidis fivecalidis>Spiritus p. n. ligandiac fb~ 

 piendi faculcacem po/Tidencibus. 



Lechargus frequencer a ferosa colluvie cerebri anfraftus 

 cxceriores irruence, ejusque poros & meacus corcicales fub- 

 eunce generacur , acteftancibus id obfervacionibus anacomi* 

 cis: incerdum eciamproducicur amalignicace, quod concingic 

 in febribus malignis, morbisq; concagiofis. 



Cacalepfeos, ftupendi affedus > proxima caufe abftrufa 

 efTe videcur, icauc anfam praebueric difcrepanciis in fcholam 

 medicam incroducendis. Veceres namque , uci Galenus & 

 gmlus Mgmetd frigidam & ficcam cerebri incemperiem in 



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