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opinion of Signor J{edi concerning the Poifon of Vipers 5 and 
being come he fent to his lodging for a Box, in which there 
were a great many heads cutoff, that morning, of Vipers late* 
ly come from N<i/?/^j-. He immediately defired to have fome 
Animals to begin his Experiments upon 5 bu»r there being at 
that time no other company with Signer Magalotti hwi his bro- 
ther and l,it was thought fit to ftay till nexc morniogjthat thofe 
Gentlemen, who were at the difpute laft Winter, might be pre- 
fentj as it fell out they were* 
I, that had not fo much patience, defired the Doctor to make 
atleaft one experiment ; which being granted, Signor Maga* 
iotti was pleafed to fend to the publick Market for a couple of 
J?igeons, to be lure of having (ome5that were not prevented by 
any Antidote. The Pige:ons being come, the firtt was woun- 
ded with the Teeth of a Vipers head that had been cu{ < ff a- 
bouc 7 or 8 a clock the fame morning* The way of making 
the wound was,-by thrufting twice the Mafter-teetb into the 
flefhy part of the Pigeons breaft, till fuch time as prefling the 
upper part of the Jaw, the two little bladders, that ferve a« 
gums to the teeth, did empty out upon the wound fome of 
that yellow liquor, which here is fuppos'd to be the true and 
only poifon of the Viper, This Pigeon being thus bit, and 
fet upon the ground^ began to flagger immediately, and dy- 
ed in lefs then 3 or 4 minutes. The fecond Pigeon waswouo* 
ded in the fame manner ^ but at the firft wound there only en- 
tred one of the teeth, which brought forth a great deal of 
blood y the fecond time they both enter d, and this had the 
fame fate, with this difference only, that he languifti't half a 
quarterof an hour. 
The next morning there met at ^ignot Magalotti i Chambers^ 
befides the company of the day before,Signor CarU Dnti.Sigm 
Vmcen:{p l^iviani^ Siga. Paolo deU Ara, Dr. Savom^Y^t^ Nerr, Dr. 
Ftf^r/>/;j and fome others. Whereupon fix Pigeons and a Cock 
having been brought 5 the firft thing that Dr. Franmi did,was^ 
to thruft feveral thorns of Rofe lhrubbs irito the breaftof one 
ofthofe Pigeons, to manifeft, that fuch accidents, as might 
befall thofe that fliould be wounded by the Teeth of the dead 
Vipers, wer« not meerly caufed by the wound. And whereas 
oneof the company began to make fome^bice reflexions, and 
totakefomeofthe headsto meafure the juft proportions of 
their 
