»io Caput X.

jnfuas thecas,qvam Pituitam ? qvam tamen fatentur Adverfa-rii efle Liqvoremdefe&uofum &frigidum, adeoqve contrana-turalem, Mortis, Erroris Naturs & Indigentice vitalis partici-pem ? QyomodoHumor iftedefecluofus, vitiofus, Partes necef-farioalat, conftituat?Cur id Sangvis per fe folus praftare nonpoffit? Similiter edicantHumorifta;,ad qvid tandem etiam Bi-lis,tamuna,qvamaltera£itneceffaria?Qvisearum EfFe&us ne-ceflarius? forfan tantumutnoceant? Mala perpetrent? Mor-bos pariant? Cur Natura in omnibus aliis A&ionibusfit tam fa-gax, fibiqve benefica, aut femper agat, qva;funtoptima,in hac»utem Humorum trium impertinentiumFabricatione,fittarn_iftolida,ut continue libi fabricet, &qvidem non exerrore, fedcxprofeflb, qvotidietam noxia,&ultra Menfuram femper, infui Perniciem? Credendum neeft,DEUM fic Naturam huma-nam & animalem condidifle, ftupidam , ineptam , improvi-dam? Sed ha: Nugae magis apparebunt in his Humoribusjfpe-cialiter examinatis,qvosin Specie nunc aggredimur*

SUB SECTIO F„De Pituita,

IPfa DocTxinselnconftantia & Varietas fatis prodit Humoris &Do&rinxFalfitatem. Nunc enim dicunt Humorifta:, Pitui-tam fimulfabricari cum Sangvine inHepate,mancre Sangvinipermixtam , tanqvam Partem conftitutivam ,differretamen abeo tantumTepore acfotu, carereExcremento, tandem muta-ri in ipfum Cruorem. Paulopoft iterum alibi contrarium do-cent,aflercntes, Pituitam fabricari in Stomacho, &effe Vapo-rescontinuo ex Stomacho in Caput & Cerebrum afcendentes,ibiin Capitefieri Muccum cxcrementofum, indeqve decidererurfum inomnesfereCorporis partes, ac patrare fere ornnesMorbos Membrorum,internos &externos,Podagram, Chy-ra|;ram,Phthifim, vocantqvePituitas illas muccofasdeciduas,

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