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aliment That hence may be well accounted for. that '^ppe^ 
thus Caiiinusy that grcSil Tmr/h that' trophy I mention in 
my fecond particular^ and are often obferved in thofe^ thac 
are afflifted with this Worm. Indeed « Spigelius thinks 
this Botdimy> and Atrophy are occafioned not fo much by 
the Worms devouring the Chyle, as iXorrupting it^ a.Hin- 
dring it's diftribution by occluding the Meferaici veins. 
5. By it's creating a talfe fenfe by the motion in the Guts* 
All which reafons do nothing move me. And ^ Galen 
is exprefs that it is by devouring the Nouriflimentj and fo 
is p Aetius^ and twenty more, that 1 could name. Buc 
had they but one mouthho^ could they do this f But ha- 
ving as many, it may be as the LaUeals themfelvs > "tis no 
wonder that they rob them, and by their nimble flipping 
it up> prevent it's palGng into them. That thence we 
muft neceffarily expeO: an extenuation of <?2/r own bodies 
in proportion to the increafe of ^/j'^irj" ; fince the nourifli- 
ment we receive is but what they leave us 5 and that too 
none of the beft 5 and corruptedlikewife with their recre- 
ments# 5. I argue that thefe Orifices are fo many mouths^ 
forifwedonotadmit themtobefuch, Iknow not where 
in the whole body to find thembefides. For in that pare 
we call the head^ c?en OMxMzcrofcopes^ as I have obferved,' 
cannot difcover any* and thofe too, thatguefledit tobe 
there i they all acknowledged it iche very fmally and it 
being fo, and but Jungle too 5 1 cannot fee, how it can 
take in fo great a quantity of C^^jfe, which would be neceffa- 
ry for maintaining fo great a body of fo great a length 
For it can only lick op no more, than what juft comes in 
it's way 3 that the open mouthsof the numerous Z^ff^^/j^, 
would be too hard for it :>* and quickly ftarve it. Befides 
fince it nuzles its Z'^'^^fo deep in the Coats of thelnteftinesj» 
n DeLmbrtcoUto C, f.p- fo, 
o GalJib.de 7henacA ad FifoMnh 
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