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the fourth particular, I have propofed^ the great le7igth of 
this Worm. 
4< Alexander C) Tm///^;/?/j* in his Epiftle toT'heodorwf^ 
tells us, 'lis fometimes as long as all thcGuts^ «i Ji^xAr^cu 
not that it lies extended ftreight the length of the Guts ^ as 
thofe might think, who fondly imagined *twas nothing 
elfe but a Mucous (kin, or spolium of the fame : Butic 
lies convoluted in feveral places^ fo that it often vaftly 
exceeds the whole length of the Guts themfelves. Thus 
(') Pliny remarks, that there are intra hominem Tmite tri' 
cenkm pedum^ aliquando ^ plurium, Platerus obferved one 
forty foot long. 
thadd^eus (^} Z)^^;/?// faw voided by a woman one piece 
of this Worm five yards long^ and another, above 20. 
yards long. Yet in neither he could obferve either . le 
Head or the TaiL So that it maybe thought but fbme 
partof the Worm. But what (^) Olaus Barrichius tdls lis 
is remarkable ; that a Patient othis, in a years time* has 
voided 800 foot of this fort of Worm 5 but in feveral 
pieces* and that 200 foot of it, he kept by him 5 and 
that hitherto he has not met with the Head. For the 
Patient obferved, that alwayes In the voiding it, he per- 
ceived it break ofT^ i;hat he has not yet come to the 
end; and ftill goes on in voiding the fame. Which I 
could parallel with an inftanceof a perfon herein Town, 
once my Patient 3 who has voided vaft quantities of this 
Worm, for feveral years together 5 but in feveral pieces, 
3^ 4/ Six or more yards long^ but all put together > 
would much exceed the length of that of Borrichius. f^j 
Tulpius faith he fliewed in the Anatomy Theater, 40. yards 
(h) Adfinem Hb.Mermidls deUorhis fMYOrum^ 
(i) Vlin, l^at. Hi^. 1. 21 . cap, 5 3, 
(k) lhadd. MifceU Med, c. i 
^1) yid Barthol . Med. v§i, i. Obs. 47 i 
(m) Obs. Med, ^i*edit Amfteh^i^j 
