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He IS of opinion that the Air, which is comftionly bdieved 
to corrupt eafily, is incorruptible ; alledging among other 
reafons, this for one, that experience fliews, that if a Bottle be 
exactly ftop'd, there is never any raixt Body form'd in it s 
wherefore, fatth he, the Air is not corrupted there. 
He maintains, that 'tis not the Magw^^ that draws the Iron, 
but rather the Iron that attrad;s the MagneL To explain which 
he affirms, that the Load-ltone fpreads abroad out of itfelf 
many corpufcles, which the fubftance of the Iron imbibeSjand 
that, as dry things attrad: thofe that are moift, by the famerea- 
fon Iron draws the Loadftone. 
He rcjeds the fpecies intentionales, Vital and AnimalSpivitSy 
and holds many other uncommon opinions, touching Light ^ 
the Irzjy the Flux and Reflux of the Sea, i3€. 
Uh CVSTVS ORGANVM /?^r Laurentium Bellini «m^;72^ 
deprthenfiim. 
This Author propofing to him(elf to difcover both the prin- 
cipal Organ oi the Tafte^ and the nature of its objeS:^ begins 
with the latter, and examins firft, what is Taftef He judges 
that it is caufed by nothing but Salts, which being varioufly fi- 
gured, afFedts the tongue varioufly ; alledging this for his 
chief reafon, that the Salt which is extrafted by Chymijls out 
of any mixt body whatever it be, carries away with it all its 
tafte, and that the reft remains taftelefs. He adds that the 
Teeth in grinding the Food, fervemuch to extradt this Salt: 
And he notes by the by, that the Teeth are fo neceflary for 
•preparing the aliment, that certain Animals which feem to 
have none, have them in their ftomach 5 • and that nature has 
pot at the entry of the palat of thofe that are altogether defti- 
tuteof them, certain moveable inequalities, which are to them 
inftead of Teeth. 
But then fecH)ndly, concerning tht Organ of Tafte^ be efteems, 
that *tis neither the Flefli, nor the Tongue, nor the Membrans, 
vcor the Nerves found there, nor the Glaadulsj czWcd - Amy gda^ 
lines '^ hut thofe little eminences th2Lt are foond upon the tongae 
of all Animals* To obiaio which, he oblerves^ 
!• Thar from the middle of the Tongue to the root, as alfo 
towards the tip^ there are found mnuraerable/i///^ il^%'/cal- 
