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Quem ad modum autem reliquiae cibi depellantur tum
astringentibus se intestinis tum relaxantibus, haud sane
difficile dictu est, sed tamen praetereundum est, ne
quid habeat iniucunditatis oratio. Illa potius explicetur incredibilis fabrica naturae: nam quae spiritu in
pulmones anima ducitur, ea calescit primum ipso ab
spiritu, deinde contagione pulmonum, ex eaque pars
redditur respirando, pars concipitur cordis parte quadam quam ventriculum cordis appellant, cui similis alter
adiunctus est, in quem sanguis a iecore per venam
illam cavam influit. eoque modo ex is partibus et
sanguis per venas in omne corpus diffunditur et spiritus per arterias; utraeque autem crebrae multaeque
toto corpore intextae vim quandam incredibilem artificiosi operis divinique testantur.
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