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He is of opinion, that the Air* which is commonly believed 
to corrupt eafiiy , is incorruptible * alledging among other 
reafons, this for one, that experience fhews, that if a Lotle^ be 
exactly dop'd, there is never any mixt Body formd ink $ 
wherefore, jaith the Air is not corrupted there. 
He maintains, that tis not the Magnet that draws the Iron, 
but rather the Irori that attracts the Magnet. 'To explain vvhich he 
affirms, that the Load-done fpreads abroad out of it felt many 
corpufcles,which the fubdance of the Iron imbibes 5 and that, as 
dry things attract thofe that are moid, by the fame reafbn Iron 
draws the Load -done. . . ' . . 
He rejefc the jbcczes Intention ale Vital and Animal Spiiits, 
and holds many other uncommon opinions, touching Lights 
the /rA. the Fhtx andRe-flux vj the sea^ CLc. _ ' r L 
III. CVS I DS ORGANVM per Laurentium Bellini novijjme 
deprchcnjtix’. . 
This Author propofing tohimfelfto difeover both the prin- 
cipal 'Organ oft he Taft'e 0 and the nature of its ohjcB^ begins 
with the latter, and examines fil'd, what is Tajie ) He judges 
that it is cau fed by nothing but Salts, which being varioufly fi- 
gured , affe&s the tongue varioufly : alledging this roi his 
chief reafbn. that the Salt which is extracted by Chymijis out 
of any mixt body whateuer it be, carries away with it all its 
tade, and that the red remains tade-lefs. He adds that the 
Teeth in grinding the Food, fervemuchto extraft this Salt : 
And he notes by the by, that the Teeth are fb necefiary for 
preparing the aliment, that certain Animals which feem to 
have none, have them in their domach j and that nature has 
put at the entry of the palat of thofe that are altogethei dedi- 
tute of them, certain moveable inequalities, which are to them 
indead of Teeth. . • - • 
But then Jecondiy^ concerning the Organ of Tade, heeiteerns, 
that tis neither the Flefh, nor the Tongue, nor the Mwmorans, 
nor the Nerves found there, nor the Glanduls, called hmygaa- 
lw<£ j but thofe litlHe eminences^ that are found upon the tongue 
of all Animals. To obtain which, he obferves, 
1. That from the middle of the Tongue to the root, as 
towards the tip, there are found innumerable little Rijings cal- 
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