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An Accompt of a Book. 
Bi CORPORE ANIMATO Lihri cjuatf^or, [en pycmu per Evpe 
rimenta PhihfophU SPECIMEN A LT £RV Af- Aith 
Johanne Baptifta Du Hamel P, S. L, Pariliis, 1673. I2\ 
THis learned Author having formerly publiiheda Treatife of the- 
AffeElkns Bodies , (defcribed mN^mb. 65. of tbefe Papers,) and 
therein explained their Qualities, both fenfible and other?, and fuch 
as belong to Bodies in general, and things Inanimate 5 He thouoht fit 
in this piece to give us another Specimen of the Experimencaf Ad. 
vanceraentof Phyiioiogy, by treating of that noble fubfea of Bodies 
Animate -^ which he doth very learnedly , and niodelUy , in four 
Books : 
In the /^r/, htu^^ pfi o'f the Nature and powers of the Senficive 
Soul J feeming to incline to the opinioisi of thofe excellent men, G^f^ 
fendus^ jP^^r^* and ^/7//>5 who eikem the Souls of Brutes to be either 
Fire, or foraething having affinity or analogy with it, Then^oi Senfe, 
what it is that caufeth Senfation ; what the Objcifts tranfmit into the 
Senfories ; what are chiefly the differences of the Internal fenfc-s 5 
whatthe Imagination ^ what the Ingenkm or Witt ^ wlience fo great 
a.ppwer of the Memory • from what caufes fo many and fo great dif- 
ferences of Witts • what produces the Appetite and the AfFedions of 
the Soul and many other important fubjefts belonging to this Head. 
In which Differtation he exprefles his great wonder at thofe, that deny 
Perception 2^ni Sen fe to Bmti^ wh\ch he thinks to be as manifeft in 
them, as that they have Organs fitted for it. In the fame, he thinks it 
fomewhat incredible, that thofe Qualities, wc call Senfible^ Hiould have 
their being and denomination altogether from the apprehenfion of the 
Senfes- fo that, if there were no feeingEye, there wouldbenoColourj 
if there were no hearing Ear, there would be no Sound • if there were 
no feeling Hand, there would be no Heat,^f. He there alfo difcourfes 
largely and ingenioufly of the Caufes of the variety of ^^/Vfj-, and 
what kind of force and faculy is raoft fit for this or that Art^ Science, 
and Profeffion what will make an Orator,a Poer,a Mufitian,a Paint- 
er, a Phyfician,'a Lawydr^ a Divirie,. a Statefman,- &c. When he in- 
quireth into the nature and force of the Memory^ he taketh pains in 
affigning not only the caufe of its tenacity, lubricity v^proraptitude of 
furnifliing for delivery butalfo the rooms and galleries, to receive 
and lodge, fuch an infinit variety of movements and phantafms, as oc- 
cur and prefent themfelves to animals. Where fomethlng is annext re- 
lating to Artificial Memory. Explicating the nature of the AjfeBions 
and the manner of moving theto, he takes notice of that admirable 
quicknefs and celerity, with which the imprelfions are made and trahfr. 
mitted from the Objeds through the Senfories to the Fancy • expref- 
ling there a fpecies of convenience or inconvenience, and fo mo^vmg . 
