( 1^8 ; 
But 1 find on the other handi there are fw^)' who do 
not onely allow them to generate, but do make them Fi- 
viparous too. 
Thus P. ^ Borellus tells us^ Vermem Crajjum ab hominis 
Corport eduUuniy forte que pedibus exenteratum> nonjine admi- 
ratione vidi vermictilis innumeris refer turn effe. So Amatus 
Jjufitanus tells tnuch fuch a Story; that a Girl voiding a 
large Worm , and the father treading on \x> ex eo alij pro* 
dierunt Vermes, And ^ Feeltx Platerm gives an obferva- 
tion of a Boy that was Hydropical, and voided alUiisex- 
crements upw^ards s who dying in the Hofpttah and they 
obferving a motion and palpitation in his belly, were afraid 
to bury him till they had fent for the DoBor, He opening 
him found the Inteflines in fome places fwell'd as big as 
his Thigh, in others fo convoluted, intorted:» andtwifted> 
that hindred any paffage downwards, either of Excre- 
ments or Wind 5 Sed ^ vermibus vivis quamplurimis repleta 
erant^ qui rurfum alijs minorihm referti. You may fee an In- 
AdiXiCtWktmi^Q de Fermibus fcetts in salmuth Cent, Obs, 24, 
But s Domimcus Panarolus is very exprefs; and lellsus 
he obferved it thus in tvpo feveral perfcns. In utroque ex- 
pulji fuerunt Fennes Colore Carneo> longitudine circa Sex dec em 
digitos,^ quiprcegnantes erant^ ^ hgno collifi cumfuiffent-^ ap" 
paruerunt vermes parvi.fubtiles, albii longitudme [ex digitorum^ 
prope innumerii qui tajiquam ferpentes parvi movebantur. But 
whatever is related oithis nature I cannot but thinkit is a 
mtfiahe-^ and that they were iinpofed upon by the G^^ii^^/ 
parts of this Worm 5 which not warily examined, might 
eafily make them to think they are fo many fmall ^Footj-. 
For they are not Viviparous but Oviparous y as I have ftiewn • 
and their containing fo vaft a number of Eggs in the Cemua 
W V.'^QxtWvi^hi^. & ohferv.Cent.\,Obs,%^, 
(e) Amarus tufitams Cent, mat. 4<5. 
if) Foelix Platerus Obs, lib, 3, /7. m^6^7. 
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