Charta mafi kata&c. mortis fubit ane# cauffa. 4 5 3 



raflenc, a quibus morcuus ille fuiflec interfedlus, fed uno ore~ni~ 

 hilnifi pulverem pyrium cura charca fe explofifle aflerebanr, ac 

 nonnulii ob fragorem majorem exckandum charcam prius man* 

 ducafle confirebancur. 



Accerfebar mox advulnus defun£U infpiciendum, exami- 

 tiandurnque, an non giobi plumbei in capice haereanc: verum 

 inveni in magna Scudioforum aliorumque adftancium corona, 

 cucem craniiiaceris dexcri fupra aurem nigerrimam, aduftam & 

 miferecontofam ac laceratam* cerebrique conquaflati parciculas 

 adhxrences ; apparebac fimul foramen in cranii oflis pariecaiis 

 ejusdem lateris (acis profundum, pugillum fere admiccens, fru- 

 ftaqueoifisfracli, ad duosminimum digicos cransverfcs in cere- 

 brum propulfi; C&^ceroquin excerne nihil praecernacurale oc- 

 currebac, nifi unicum iilud vulnus coecurn, ubi quidem incroi* 

 tus in cranii cavuni, (ed nuilus aderac exicus. 



Defiderabanc rnecum adftances anxie videre,quidnam hu- 

 jus Isfionis ac vulneris horrendi fueric caufla, quidque in cra- 

 nii cavicace fe coglpiciendum exhibicurum fic. Scparavi pro» 

 .pcerea cucim cranii 3 & obfervavimus cotum cranium mirifice 

 fiflum multis ingencibusfifluris, quasa foraminis circumferencia 

 inftarradiorum flellas undique per cocum cranium diffundeban- 

 tur>& qujedam ad froncem, quasdam ad occipuc excurrebant, ahx 

 defcend . bant, alicgafcendebanc, &ad oppoficam usque aurem 

 fe exrendebanc 5 quasdam breves» quaedamiongse. 



Aperuimusdein cranium ierra, utmoris eft, & cerebriiacus 

 dexcrum osque ad medium five corpus callofum milere coa- 

 quaflacumaclaceracuminvenimus, finiftrocerebrilatereincegro. 



Diflecavi Iente& per cenues iamellas fcnfim fenfimque ad 

 fundum usque cerei^rum, ea fpc foreut globus quidam veialia 

 dura maceria rcperirerur. quaecaufla vulnensac morcis eflepotu- 

 iflet,fedincafibni: nibiienim, nifi fruftanigricantiaaduftacranii 

 dirfrac~h& incropuHi oftendebarrms., ideoque vulnus hoe achar- 

 ta mafticara & fngore force induraca (eratenim dieiiio infigne 

 frigus) lnflidum fuifle pronunciavimus , idque non fine racio- 



1*11 3 nibus; 



