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that 'tis bred in theChild whilft yet in the Womb, ivi^i 3^ 
^{\^\v^ i/A\i\[(iiv%hAty and afiignes his reafon 
fbr itj whyonely thetti afid adds that it h?is been obferv- 
ed by Midwwes ^ that upon giving Medicines to bring a- 
way the /''^^^j- froiti new born Infants, they have broiighc 
away both the round j and Worms i which if true^ 
what he afterwards adds^ fc./ non Jponte exeats vel expellatur 
Medic amentis y unk cum homine confenefcere i ^uvn^lAyti^<ni€iv 
here may be literally underftood, in refpedof the ^Wf??/^ 
as' well as JVorm; Since they are obferved very often, if 
not mod frequently in groWn perfons;, as alfo old men. As 
<;^^//(r/W2^ mentions one troubled with them, who was 
years old ; which renders fufpefted the truth of this affer- 
cion ; And ^/^i^^/^W upon enquiry of the Mid wives both in 
Germany^ znd Italy , could never be informed that they 
obferved thefe Worms in new born Infants. But as to 
Spigelius his reafbns, why there fliould be no more than 
one in the body at a time •> I fliall bnely give this anfwer ^ 
that upon difledion of a Dog I obferved two entire ones / 
but each not much above a footlong. So that that anfwer 
he gives to that obfervatioh of Foreflus ^ vtho men- 
tions twelve voided at the fartie time ; that they were one- 
ly parts ot the fame Worm i tho often it may be true, yet 
fometimes it may be otherwife > Efpecially^ where we fee 
fuch prodigious quantities are voidedof them. However 
this is undeniable, and muft be allowed i that this Worm 
isvaftly hng^ which plainly appears even by thofe pieces 
we fee of them ; for befides the inftances already given^ 
(f ) Simon Schult^us mentions one feven yards long, and 
another nine yards. {^yClufius tells us that the Duke of 
Attfirid^ Gook voided pieces of this Worm» ^^is^ and 
15. yards long, y-f?^«i//^ i^^^/'^/ifi" meafured cne 18. yard 
. - — — ■ ' . jn^cT / — ^ 
(r) Foreflus. ObsJik zu Obs. z6, .„ , . . . 
(sj MifcelUn, Curiofa Gsrm. vol. ^,Obs. 119, 
. (t; ClufAn Momrddibi 3. Sim^U Medic. 
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