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Bc  Gingivis  dfleis^ 
j/*vl3am 'parata- &  foliicita^fii- natura'  in;  cotiferVarf^' 
t^^dncOi^pFe  inflatu fuo  jftius  generis  innumera^ 
exempla  adduci  poflent,  inter' quffi  non  poftremuna^ 
providae  naturae  fpecimen  efti  quod  inprove£iae  ^a^- 
tis  bo-minibus  vei  jam  fc  nio  confe^iSj  Cjuibus;  omnes’ 
OrrtnitiO'  dentes  exeiderunt  r .  gingivae  offeam  da*' 
ritiem-,  qdae  tamen-aiias  gaudent  carrie'molli'&flai 
s^j-induantifl  duros  cibds  mandere  pofBnt;  fisque' 
novimatronarn  admodiim  proveSae  ®tatls,  h^c  du= 
riiii mas  panis  cruftasj  utut  omnibus  dentibus  jamdui'’ 
dum  privata  fit  j  mandit  ^  conteris ,  aeque  apte-j  ac' 
fl  omnium  dentium  auxilio  gauderet;  .Quodrevera’ 
rarum  contigens>,  Sc-vix  inter  eenturp  hoc  benefido' 
anus  gauder.  Exce/kntifiy  •  Ttomas-  Bartholinus  metis" 
Mrabiutes  hanoratilliraus  in  fu^  anatopiia  fpl  720.  * 
ftribit  in  fenio  mn^  farti  imijjis^  dentibus  alwi  ob-  ' 
iiterantur  &  drmitus  acutiores  fiaBi  ,  duriqueuPin  fd- 
nibus  &&  manducmdum-  dentium  uices  fubeanP,  Gonf,  , 
itmW.  ItujfchU  Obf.  txxxii;  p.  104;  lof.  rb6;  Ita-' 
gingivaein  hominibus  vicom  dentium  proflant  Ego ' 
vidi  illam  masrpnanti  comedentesn',  citius  cruftas,  ac 
homines  dentibds  inftruSis  mandere  ac  atterere  va- 
I«nt.  Eedntra  aiii  dentiliiti  auxilio  deftituti  jufcuIM’ 
molli  que  carne  ^  cibo 'corpus  (uum  alere  &  nutrire 
coguntur.  Ego  fatis  demirari  non  poffu  m ,  quomodo " 
Satura  hos  St  fimilss  defe  ftus  tam  foliicite  refarciat ,  * 
S‘3  Ss-re«- 
