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pertinacesper Vim obdurati afcenderent,idcertefierideberer.per Corporum tot interje&orum Penetrationem, alias natu-raliter impofiibilem. Etfi tamen afcenderent adhuc& penetra-renc per duriflimum Cranium, in Cerebrum usqve, non pof-fentibi rurfum in Aqvam concrefcere, in Cerebro frigido;adhoc enim^reqvireretur Teporaliqvis,aut Calor: Si tamenid fie-retinCerebro,certeficAqva refoluta illa cum Mucco (multocrafiiore) per Nares femper patentes exiret; aut fi pervicax nol-let,aNatura Rectrice expelleretur, ut aJia noxia, hoftilia, perViam proximiorem, vel faltem perPoros Cutisfatis fubtilis&pervia: Capitis Cutis facile profcriberentur, Qyodfi nec inhocNaturae ordinaris obedirent hi Vapores, feu CatarrhofiPituitofi,non eftdemonftrabilis hujus Defcenfus Via, Semita,Modus, in omnia interiora Membra,pra?cipudremotiora, qvinpotius citiusqve in tali Via ,aCaloreMembrorum naturali ite-rum refolverentur hi Vapores,authae Aqvae defcendentes, & ficevanefcerent,aut per Cutim, per Poros proximos,ubiqve pro-ftantes, expellerentur I provida Natura. Si tamen nec hoc ju-varet,qvis, qvasfo ,eflet Pulfor & Duclor hujus Pituitae conti-nuo tam pertinaciter afcendentis, hinc inde dextrorfum, fini-ftrofum , antrorfum, retrorfum, graffantis? An Calor aliqvis?anFrigus? SiCalor,qvomodoCalor eos deorfum pelleret? SiFrigus, qvomodoeos furfumtraheret? Qyisdeniqve effet Du-dorilletam paradoxus per tot Vias difparatas? furfum, deor-fum, finiftrorfum, dextrorfum? Cur ifti Vapores, non potiusproximam Cutem penetrarent,perPoros exhalarent?Qyomo-do tam durum Os Cranii penetrarentillaefi, usqve ad Cerebrumintrando, indeiterum pro libitu integri exeundo? Qyomodofieri po(Tet,ut non totum Cerebrum inundarent, occuparent}confunderent, deprimerent, fubmergerent ? Qyomodo hi rc-belles Vapores in Cerebro,refolvipoflunt rurfumin Aqvas ? ana Frigore Cerebri ? An abejus Calore, ctfi in Aqvas ibidera,

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